Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light shield or buckler.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shield; buckler: same as
target . - To delay; tarry.
- To vex with censure; reprimand; rate.
- To vex with questions; catechize or cross-examine strictly.
- To keep under strict discipline.
- noun A charter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Poetic A shield or target.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A small
shield .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The targe was his warant, [5] that none till him threw.
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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The targe was his warant, [5] that none till him threw.
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 1 George Gilfillan 1845
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After a United Nations school became the targe ...
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Over Castletown front gate the rain streamed down the eroding forms of the sphinxes, down their simple faces, tautened ribs, down the gate columns embellished with bas-relief targe and drooping garland of ivy.
- Aidan Higgins, Langrishe, Go Down
August 28, 2008