Meaning of besagew | Babel Free

Definitions

A small disc of metal which protects the armpit, a piece of armor typically worn together with a spaulder or pauldron; a rondel, sometimes especially when used to steady a lance.

Examples

“The decorative richness of the armor is enhanced at the pauldrons, besagew, elbows, and tassets by rosettes in relief, radiating channels, and embossed foliage; the last⟳ motif appears also on the hinged cheekpieces of the armet, […]”

“Even so, a small steel disc, called a “besagew,” covered the weakness in this defense. The besagew had a strap riveted to its back that could be fastened to the spaudler so that the besagew hung free over the gap.”

“[H]e raised his lance a little too far, and Saintré's lance struck him just on the besagew* and glanced off the breastplate, and the blow⟳ unriveted the besagew and tore off the lance rest⟳, and as it ripped away Messire Enguerrand swayed heavily in his saddle, and thus Saintré achieved his four lances broken, […]”

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