Wiktionary:Word of the day/2025/June 11

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Word of the day
for June 11
baldric n
  1. A broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast and under the opposite arm), which was formerly used to hold a sword, a bugle, etc., and is now chiefly worn for ceremonial purposes; also (loosely), any belt.
  2. (obsolete)
    1. (by extension) A (usually leather) strap from which the clapper of a bell is suspended.
    2. (by extension) A necklace.
    3. (figurative) The zodiac (belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets).

The first episode of the British television comedy series Blackadder was broadcast on 15 June 1983—Baldrick was a character from the show.

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