Pa-vīse', n.

noun

(pa-veez'), n. [Fr. pavois, O. Fr. pave, a covering.] (Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering the whole body, having an inward curve, managed by a pavisor, who with it screened an archer. [Written also pavais, pavese, and pavesse.] Fairholt.

An armored man stands holding a large pavise shield. — Pavisor and Pavise.