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Use of word pelte in general sense
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11-10-2009, 12:28 PM
Pelte would initially be animal hide. Then the term was retained for "light" shields referring to the original animal hides used for protection.
Its intersting that the term survived as such in the english language (i.e. stripping a wolf from his pelt)
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