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Sash vs Baldric - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sash and baldric

is that sash is a decorative length of cloth worn as a broad belt or over the shoulder, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions while baldric is a belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip.

As a verb sash

is to adorn with a sash or scarf.

sash

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(es)
  • A decorative length of cloth worn as a broad belt or over the shoulder, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.

    • Synonyms

    * belt, strap, waistband

    Verb

    (es)
  • To adorn with a sash or scarf.
    • (Burke)

    Etymology 2

    , taken as a plural and -s trimmed off by 1704. See also chassis.

    Noun

    (es)
  • The opening part of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
  • (software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
  • In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.

    • Synonyms

    * (GUI) splitter

    baldric

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip.
  • * 1833 , Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott :
    • As he rode down to Camelot:/And from his blazon'd baldric slung/A mighty silver bugle hung,/And as he rode his armor rung/Beside remote Shalott.
  • * 1922 , Author, The Museum Journal, Vol. XIII , The University Museum, page 168:
    • The figure on the left, holding the severed head of the ox, has removed his sword with the baldric from which it is suspended and given it to his companion, who holds it beside his own with the baldric swinging.
  • * 1998 , Raymond E. Fiest, Krondor, the Betrayal , HarperCollins, page 16:
    • The man facing Locklear had his head covered with a red bandanna, and over his shoulder was a baldric from which a cutlass at had hung.