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Definition of Targes
1. targe [n] - See also: targe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Targes
Literary usage of Targes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... So, parted only by the battlement, Stood those two hosts, across it striking
fierce Each on the other's orb£d shields of hide Or light-plied targes; ..."
2. The five great monarchies of the ancient Eastern world; or, The history by George Rawlinson (1871)
"the centre.11 The weight of the metal shields must have been considerable; and
this both limited their size and made it diffi- Round shields or targes, ..."
3. The Tragedie of Antonie and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (2001)
"167 ; ' With sword and fire they vext for them their targes hugely round,' — B.
xii, p. ... 1856) observes: 'The plural targes seems to have been formerly a ..."
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