Definition of Pavises. Meaning of Pavises. Synonyms of Pavises

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Definition of Pavises

Pavise
Pavise Pa*vise, n. [OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy.] (Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it. [Written also pavais, pavese, and pavesse.] --Fairholt.

Meaning of Pavises from wikipedia

- were featured on the front of pavises. The Hussite chalice was often featured on pavises during the Hussite Wars. Most pavises were covered in a co****, ****-base-like...
- bullet-proof armor, standing bamboo bundles tied together or heavy iron pavises. With the caliber of the ban-zutsu being too weak to penetrate these protection...
- of the French advance to Crécy had meant that the wagons containing the pavises and extra ammunition had been left behind and the crossbowmen found themselves...
- Hyundai Pavise is a truck produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai. The Pavise was announced on August 29, 2019, in South Korea. The Pavise is the...
- to help guide it in combat or tournament. Free standing shields called pavises, which were propped up on stands, were used by medieval crossbowmen who...
- canvas was used as a covering layer on pavise shields. The canvas was applied to the wooden surface of the pavise, covered with multiple layers of gesso...
- Legenda Aurea, Paris, 1382 (BL Royal 19 B XVII, f. 109). George on a small pavise (Nuremberg, c. 1480) George as a martyr: St. George's Collegiate Church...
- crossbowman from ca. 1480 15th-century French soldier carrying an arbalest and a pavise A reconstruction of Leonardo da Vinci's rapid fire crossbow as shown at...
- were professional soldiers and in battle were protected from missiles by pavises – very large shields with their own bearers, behind each of which three...
- Recreation of Hussite pavise from an original in the Museum of Prague...