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targe tawrj noun a defensive shield 1903Shapes of ClayAgainst abstractions evermore you charge | You hack no helmet and you need no targe.1913The Fall of TroyAugeias' monstrous stable there was wrought | With cunning craft on that invincible targe; | And Hercules was turning through the same | The deep flow of Alpheius' stream divine,1987A Gathering of Heroes...a frail, leather-covered wood targe met the wide blade's lashing hammer-blow.Labels: Ambrose Bierce, Paul Edwin Zimmer, Quintus Smyrnaeus
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