Look up: pavise

1. Pavise
   Pa·vise noun [ Old French pavaix , French pavois ; confer Italian pavese , Late Latin pavense ; perhaps named from Pavia in Italy.] (Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, w...
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2. Pavise
   • (n.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.
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3. Pavise
   A shield for infantry with a long central spine. Usually rather large.
   Found on http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/glo
   
   
4. Pavise
   A pavise was a large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes also screened an archer with it.
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5. Pavise
   `` painting on it) and a Middle Ages crossbowman. A `pavise` (or `pavis`, `pabys`, or `pavesen`) is a large convex shield of European origin used to protect the entire body. The pavise was also made in a smaller version for hand to hand combat and for wearing on the back of men-at-arms. It is charac...
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