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paviser, -or|ˈpævɪsə(r)|
Forms: see quots.
[Altered from OF. paves(s)ier, -vissier, -vaisier, -voisier, etc. (14th c. in Godef.), also paviseur (15–16th c., also -vaiseur, -voiseur, -vesceur, Godef.), f. paveis, pavois pavis n.: see -er2.]
A man armed with or bearing a pavis.
a1400Morte Arth. 2831 His pelours and pauysers passede alle nombyre. Ibid. 3005. 1749 in Mores Nomina 90–101 (transl. Accts. of Edw. III) Pauisors..pauizors..pavesours. 1826W. C. Stafford Sir Everhard 188 These pavisers bore a large shield, somewhat resembling a boat with the stern cut off, which they raised as a bulwark before the archers when in battle. 1846–60Fairholt Hist. Costume Eng. Gloss., Pavise, a large shield..managed by a pavisor or soldier, who attended to it, and who was placed in front of an archer. |