baldric (English, noun)
expansion: baldric (plural baldrics)
Senses:
glosses: A broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast and under the opposite arm), which was formerly used to hold a sword, a bugle, etc., and is now chiefly worn for ceremonial purposes; also (loosely), any belt.
glosses: A (usually leather) strap from which the clapper of a bell is suspended.
tags: broadly
obsolete
glosses: A necklace.
tags: broadly
obsolete
glosses: The zodiac (“belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets”).
tags: figuratively
obsolete
Forms:
form: baldrics
tags: plural
form: baldrick
tags: alternative
form: baudric
tags: alternative
form: baudrick
tags: alternative
form: baudricke
tags: alternative
form: bauldric
tags: alternative
form: bauldrick
tags: alternative
form: bawdric
tags: alternative
form: bawdrick
tags: alternative