baldric

Etymology
From, , from , , , of origin. Probably from, from earlier (compare 🇨🇬, ), from , from  + , related to 🇨🇬,. The word was borrowed from Old French into 🇨🇬,, which likely influenced the Middle English form.

(said by ) is possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare French.

Noun

 * 1) A broad belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast, and under the opposite arm); less properly, any belt.
 * 2) * 1922, The Museum Journal, Vol. XIII, The University Museum, page 168:
 * The figure on the left, holding the severed head of the ox, has removed his sword with the baldric from which it is suspended and given it to his companion, who holds it beside his own with the baldric swinging.
 * The figure on the left, holding the severed head of the ox, has removed his sword with the baldric from which it is suspended and given it to his companion, who holds it beside his own with the baldric swinging.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: balteo
 * Estonian: mõõgavöö
 * Finnish: miekkavyö
 * French:
 * German: Wehrgehänge
 * Hungarian:, kardszíj
 * Ido:
 * Italian: balteo
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: perpetė, portupėja
 * Ottoman Turkish: حمایل
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: