noun
definition
A belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip.
Examples of baldric in a Sentence
Over his shoulder he wears a leather baldric decorated with the Tailor's coat of arms.
A wide leather ring belt and baldric would also be worn.
A horn with a baldric and the motto "Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain" forms the mayor's badge.
At the time of the Domesday Survey, Thirsk (Treske) was a manor of little importance belonging partly to the king and partly to Hugh, son of Baldric. Soon afterwards it was granted to Robert de Mowbray, who often resided there, and is said to have raised the castle round which the borough grew up. His estates, being forfeited for treason against William Rufus, were restored by Henry I.