Category:Target

Tar"get, n. Etym: [of. targette, dim. of of. & f. targe, of teutonic Origin; cf. As. targe, od. targie, g. zarge a frame, case, border, Ohg. zarga, icel. targa shield.]

1. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in War.

2. (a) a butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the Accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile. (b) the pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman On a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.

3. (surveying)

Defn: the sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

4. (railroad)

Defn: a conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its Position, or for use as a signal.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Target - (1 Samuel 17:6, A.V., after the LXX. and Vulg.), a kind of small shield. The margin has "gorget," a piece of armor for the throat. The Revised Category:Version more correctly renders the Hebrew word (kidon) by "javelin." The same Hebrew word is used in Joshua 8:18 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin"); Job 39:23 (A.V., "shield;" R.V., "javelin"); Job 41:29 (A.V., "spear;" R.V., "javelin").