[Anglo-Saxon targe]. A leathern shield. A mark to aim at.
·noun The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff. II. Target ·add. ·noun A tassel or pend...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(1 Sam. 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a kind of small shield. The margin has "gorget," a pi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary