Écu
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“The shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the middle ages; especially, the triangular shield of no great length carried during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and hung around the neck by the guige, so as to cover the left arm and left side.” -Whitney, 1911
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shield, costume, armor, middle ages, 13th century, 14th century, man-at-arms, écu, ecu, medieval solder, guigeSource
William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
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