war hedgeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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war hedge (plural war hedges)

1. (historical) A defensive formation used by medieval Germanic warriors in which shields were positioned to overlap and create a continuous barrier.

   Synonym: shield wall

   • 1877, William Morris, The story of Sigurd the Volsung and the fall of the Niblungs, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 362:

     And unshielded smote King Gunnar, and sent the Niblung song
     Through the quaking stems of battle in the hall of Atli's wrong:
     Then he rent the knitted war-hedge till by Hognside he stood.

   • 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 154:

     Their spears protruded from the chinks in this formation that was known as the ‘shieldwall’ or ‘war hedge’.