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baldric

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bal⋅dric

  [bawl-drik]
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–noun
a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
Also, baldrick.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME bauderik, bawdryk, baudry < AF baudré, baldré, OF baldrei, baudré, perh. < Frankish *baltirad sword belt, equiv. to L balte(us) belt + Gmc *-rad provision, equipment (cf. OHG rat); source of final -ik uncert.

Related forms:
baldricked, adjective
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bal·dric   (bôl'drĭk)   
n.  A belt, usually of ornamented leather, worn across the chest to support a sword or bugle.

[Middle English baudrik, from Old French baudre and from Middle High German balderich.]
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Word Origin & History

baldric 
c.1300, "belt worn over the shoulder," from O.Fr. baldre, which is probably from L. balteus "belt," perhaps infl. by M.H.G. balderich.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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