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guiges

guiges is the plural of guige.

Meaning of guige

Noun

guige (plural guiges)

  1. 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

Questions about guiges

What is guiges the plural of?
Guiges is the plural of guige.

Words near guiges in the dictionary

  1. guift
  2. guifts
  3. Guigang
  4. Guigar
  5. guige
  6. guiges
  7. Guignet's green
  8. guignol
  9. guignols
  10. Guihay
  11. Guihulngan

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