vergescu

名词 n.
英 /ˈvɜː.d͡ʒɛs.k(j)u/    美 /ˈvɝ.d͡ʒɛs.k(j)u/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The white shield that was the mark of novice knights, especially in Arthurian legend. historical,rare
    — xxijᵗʰ daye of Maie, there shall be a grene tree sett up in the lawnde of Grenwich parke; whereuppon shall hange, by a grene lace, a Vergescu Blanke, in which white shield it shalbe^([sic]) lawfull for any gentleman that will annswear this chalenge ensewing to subscribe his name.

词形变化

vergescue alternative

词源

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French vierge escu (literally “virgin shield”). It was white because it lacked a background or devices, which celebrated accomplishments, of which the knight had none.
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