Obs. rare. [f. TARGE sb.1, or a. OF. targier, targer (13th c. in Godef.) to protect, defend (cf. mod.F. targuer, a. It. targar(si)), f. targe: see TARGE sb.1] trans. To protect or defend as with a targe or shield; to shield.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, I. cxxviii. (1869), 68. This targe targede him as longe as he bar it with him.
1489. Caxton, Faytes of A., I. i. 2. Couenable to couure & targe the body of man agaynst the strokes of dartes.
