targe

He was in a blue cape, and had a targe, and his axe aloft on his shoulder.

Like a targe of polished metal the round sea lay at his feet, and the shadows of the fishing-boats moved in the little bay.

Like many Thracian heroes Rhesus has a dash of the Sun-god in him, the burning targe, the white horses and the splendour.

The adarga was a kind of targe used by the light cavalry, and had its origin in Africa.

To the touch it was an ordinary coin; to the eye it had the form of a mighty targe of burnished gold.