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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's definition.





- stay - - hauberk - - mattocks - - plaited - - tarry - - train - - vanguard - - feint - - rending - - ravening -




To seize as spoil or prey; also, to devour voraciously; to seek plunder or prey.

A kind of pick with an arm or blade like that of an adz, and commonly with another arm opposite either like a narrow ax-blade or terminating in a point.

To separate into part with force or violence; to tear apart, split, divide.

A line or procession of persons, vehicles, animals, etc., traveling together.

The foremost division of an army; the van; a part of an army detached from the main body to clear the way and guard against surprise from the front.

A braid, as of hair or straw.

To delay; also, to wait for, or await.

A feigned or assumed appearance; a pretense; also, a movement made with the object of deceiving an adversary; an appearance of aiming at one part or point when another is the real object of attack.

To stop or halt; cease or desist; pause or wait; as for a moment, before proceeding or continuing.

Same as haubergeon. A short ____, reaching to the middle of the thighs; hence any ____. Hauberk: a piece of armor orig. intended for the protection of the neck and shoulders, but early developed into a long coat of mail reaching below the knees.