Citations:baldric

English citations of baldric

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. [from 14th c.]
- 1832, Carl Spindler, The Jew, page 187:
  I'll perform more vows than I have already made, should it be your will, and even make a pilgrimage to Loretto, with pins through my doublet, and a steel baldric under it, in order to sanctify me for the holy estate of matrimony.
- 2001, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, chapter 27, in Iain Halliday, transl., Alexander: The Sands of Ammon […], London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 167:
  The face of the man who stood before him was hidden by a Corinthian helmet. His bronze breastplate was decorated in silver, and he carried his sword hanging from a chain-mail baldric. Over his shoulders was a cloak of blue linen that the evening breeze filled like a sail.
- 2013, Brandon Begley, The Faith of Legacy, Lulu Press, Inc (→ISBN)
  Across his shoulders was a plain iron baldric with the hilt of a massive sword protruding from it. His beard was short and curly, as was his brown grayspeckled hair. His muscled body was covered with a multitude of scars, ...
- 2021, David Mack, Star Trek: Coda: Book 3: Oblivion's Gate, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN), page 29:
  Shamed, he averted his eyes and pretended to adjust his chain-mail baldric as he and the rest of Defiant's motley away team—Captain Picard, Doctor Bashir, Wesley Crusher, Data, and Ambassador Spock—stepped off Enterprise's transporter ...