Pa*vise (?), n. [OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense;
perh. named from Pavia in Italy.] (Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering
the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an
archer with it. [Written also pavais, pavese, and pavesse.] Fairholt.
Pa*vis"or (?), n. (Mil. Antiq.) A soldier who carried a pavise.
||Pa"vo (?), n. [L., a peacock. See Peacock.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A genus of
||birds, including the peacocks.