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- noun rare, obsolete The white
shield that was the mark ofnovice knights, especially inArthurian legend.
Etymologies
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From Old French vierge escu ("virgin shield"). It was white because it lacked a background or devices, which celebrated accomplishments, of which the knight had none.
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knitandpurl commented on the word vergescu
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/thwhite.htm says this is from T.H. White and is "the white shield carried by unfledged knights."
August 22, 2011
knitandpurl commented on the word vergescu
"They should have been facing down bellowed challenges from black knights bearing the vergescu, or solving thorny theological dilemmas posed by holy hermits."
The Magician King by Lev Grossman, p 101
August 22, 2011