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pavis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pavis has 1 sense
- pavis(n = noun.artifact) pavise - (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position; Array is a kind of buckler, shield
CIDE DICTIONARY
pavis, n. [OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy.].
A large heavy oblong shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes also screened an archer with it. It was originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
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