PAVISE

Pa‐vise (?), n. [[OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy.]] (Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it. [Written also pavais, pavese, and pavesse.] Fairholt.