Then comes a higher-ranking soldier, carrying a sword on an untied belt or baldric.
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The soldiers were usually equipped with Swords that were hanged in baldric.
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It was generally hung from a baldric under the left arm.
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Both were worn hung from a baldric.
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All swords hanged in a baldric.
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His sword is carried in a baldric.
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The length of sabres varied, and most were carried in a scabbard hanging from a shoulder belt known as a baldric or from a waist-mounted sword belt.
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The baldric was a later belt worn diagonally over the right shoulder down to the waist at the left carrying the sword, and its buckle therefore was as important as that on a Roman soldier's armor.
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A wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip
A baldric (also baldrick, bawdrick, bauldrick as well as some other, mostly rare or obsolete, variations) is a belt worn over one shoulder that is typically used to carry a weapon (usually a sword) or other implement such as a bugle or drum. ...
Baldric is a given name, and may refer to: * Baldric of Dol (circa 1050-1130), bishop of Dol-en-Bretagne * Baldric of Friuli (9th century), Duke of Friuli
A belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip
A belt or strap hung diagonally from the shoulder to the hip from which weapons might be hung; for an example, see Toledo 1950.261 (image).
A silk sash or leather band slung over one shoulder and round the opposite hip. In medieval times it was decorated by silver or gold bells. Later it was fastened on the left hip and carried the sword holder.
A long shoulder strap which runs diagonally across the chest, from which a sword scabbard is attached. The hilt of the sword rests not at the hip but higher up against the chest
(n): belt worn from shoulder across to under other arm, to carry sword, bugle, etc. FS (2-Ado, TNK); Spenser FQ.
A collar or shoulder belt, worn either as a support for a sword or other weapon, or simply as an ornament, 14th century or later.