Hence Homer has given to his hero of this name a serpent for a device, both upon his breastplate, and upon his baldrick.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
It is Harvard College, Sophomore Year, Option No. 6." Swearword, now in like fury, threw aside his hauberk, his baldrick, and his needlework on the grass.
"Further Foolishness"
Stephen Leacock
An enormous fringed baldrick, tied by a military scarf, supports the diminutive dress sword.
"Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate"
John L. Nevinson