targe

Noun

Meaning

A shield or target.

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My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read, 'Twixt every page my thoughts go stray at large Down in the meadow, where is richer feed, And will not mind to hit their proper targe. Henry David Thoreau

Although popular imagination pictures the common highlander as being equipped with a broadsword, targe and pistol, it was only officers or gentlemen who were equipped in this way. Source: Internet

Each soldier would thrust at the enemy on his right—rather than the one straight ahead—in order to bypass the targe of Highlanders. Source: Internet

In the 18th century, the Scottish clans used a small, round targe that was partially effective against the firearms of the time, although it was arguably more often used against British infantry bayonets and cavalry swords in close-in fighting. Source: Internet

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