Associations to the word «Pavis»
Wiktionary
PAVIS, noun. (history) (medieval) A large shield carried in front to protect the whole body of the soldier.
Dictionary definition
PAVIS, noun. (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.