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pavisade, pavesade Now Hist.|pævɪˈseɪd|
Also 6–8 pavoisade.
[a. F. pavesade, pavezade (1550 in Hatz.-Darm.), pavoisade (Cotgr.), ad. It. pavesata (Florio), in Sp. pavesada (Minsheu), f. It. pavese: see pavis and -ade 1.]
A defence or screen made of pavises or other shields joined in a continuous line, used both in land warfare and on board ship; hence, a screen of canvas run round the sides of a ship in order to defend the crew from missiles, and hide the operations on board from the view of the enemy.
1600Holland Livy x. 373 The pavoisade or tortuse-fense. 1656Blount Glossogr. (from Cotgr.), Pavoisade, any Target⁓fence, that of Galleys, whereby the slaves are defended from the smal shot of the Enemy. 1685Cotton tr. Montaigne iii. vi. (1711) III. 159 A Number of Harquebusiers, drawn up ready, and charg'd, and all cover'd with a Pavesade like a Galliot. 1708Kersey, Pavoisade or Pavezado. 1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Pavesade (Mil.), pavoisade, or pavisade, French for a sail cloth hung round a galley during action to cover the slaves that row on the benches. |