guige
/ɡiːʒ/
guige noun: a strap attached to a shield, used to hang the shield over the shoulder or from the neck.
Noun
guige (plural guiges)
- A strap attached to a shield, used to hang the shield over the shoulder or from the neck.
- The shape of the shield at this period […] has at the top of its right side what was called the bouche or mouth through which the lance was couched, as may be seen in Rous's work, to which I have so often referred, and the invention of which was as old as the time of Richard II. Within side are...1824, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, page 509
- The shield, slung by its guige across the right shoulder, is slightly bowed, and has been triangular in its outline. No trace of armorial device or tincture can now be found on its surface.1850, J. Hewitt, “Effigies of the De Sulneys at Newton Solney, Derbyshire”, in The Archaeological Journal, volume 7, page 361
Forms of guige
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Origin of guige
In early uses, inherited from Middle English gige, and in more recent times re-borrowed from (or respelled according to) that word's source, Old French guige.
Words that rhyme with guige
Questions about guige
- What does guige mean?
- Guige means a strap attached to a shield, used to hang the shield over the shoulder or from the neck.
- What part of speech is guige?
- Guige is a noun.
- How do you pronounce guige?
- Guige is pronounced /ɡiːʒ/.
- What is the plural of guige?
- The plural of guige is guiges.
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