baldric

1. (obsolete)Examples: "[P]aid to the Collermaker of Leawsam for a bawdricke for the great bell … … … iijs."; "The Bawdricke of a bell-clapper. Ropalicorigia."; "The Bells were evidently a constant source of expense, and very large sums were spent in their re-casting and re-hanging. Scarcely a year passed without some new bell-wheel, bawdricke, rope or clapper being required."broadlyobsolete

2. (obsolete)Examples: "Baldrike for a ladyes necke carcan s[ubstantive] ma[le]"broadlyobsolete

3. (obsolete)Examples: "[S]he [Astraea] hath novv an euerlaſting place, / Mongſt thoſe tvvelue ſignes, vvhich nightly vve doe ſee / The heauens bright-ſhining baudricke to enchace; […]"; "Right fondly haue the Poets pleaſ'd to ſay, / From earth the faire Aſtræa’s fled avvay, / And in the ſhining Baudrike takes her ſeat, / To make the number of the ſignes compleat."figurativelyobsolete