Obs. In 4 tergeter. [f. TARGET sb. + -ER1.] A shield-maker, or a shield-bearer.
1382. Wyclif, 2 Chron. xii. 10. The golden tergetis … for the whiche the kyng made brasen, and toke hem to the princis of the tergeteris [1388 scheeld makeris; Vulg. scutariorum]. Ibid., 11. Whanne the kyng schulde goone in to the house of the Lord, the tergeters [Vulg. scutarii] camen, and token hem.
