Target

·noun The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

II. Target ·add. ·noun A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter.

III. Target ·noun A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

IV. Target ·noun A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

V. Target ·add. ·noun A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

VI. Target ·noun The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

VII. Target ·noun A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.