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tallevas

tallevas noun: a pavais.

Noun

tallevas

  1. A pavais.
    • The pavais, pavache, or tallevas was a large shield, or rather a portable mantlet, capable of covering a man from head to foot, and probably of sufficient thickness to resist the missive weapons then in use.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 27

Questions about tallevas

What does tallevas mean?
Tallevas means a pavais.
What part of speech is tallevas?
Tallevas is a noun.

Words near tallevas in the dictionary

  1. tallero
  2. talleros
  3. tallest
  4. tallet
  5. tallets
  6. tallevas
  7. Talley
  8. Talleyrandian
  9. Talleys
  10. talleysim
  11. tallgrass

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