baldrick

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BALD'RICK, noun [Latin balleus, a belt, and rick, rich. See these words.] 1. A girdle, or richly ornamented belt; a war girdle. A radiant baldrick o'er his shoulders tied. 2. The zodiac.
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