Paltock (modern paletôt). “A short cloake with sleeves,” i. e. a great-coat.
Paludamentum, R. A military cloak worn over their armour by the generals and superior officers of the Roman army; an officer thus dressed was said to be paludatus. (See Fig. [44].)
Palus, R. (pango, to fix). A stake planted in the earth, against which recruits hurled their javelins (pila). The mediæval Pel (q.v.).
Pam, O. E. The knave of clubs. (Halliwell.)
Pammachium (παμμάχιον). A synonym for Pancratium (q.v.).
Fig. 517. Panache.
Panache, Her. A plume of feathers set upright and borne as a crest. Fig. [517] is from the seal of Edward Courtenay, A. D. 1400.
Panarium, R. (panis, bread). A bread-basket; a pantry in which bread was kept.
Panathenæa, Gr. (Παναθήναια). Festivals of Minerva Athenê among the Athenians, so called because they formed the festival of all the peoples placed under the protection of Minerva (πᾶν, all, and Ἀθήνη). There were the Greater and Lesser Panathenæa; the former being held every five years, the latter every three years. The procession at the Greater festival is the subject of the friezes from the Parthenon now in the British Museum. (See Elgin Marbles.) They represent the solemn transportation of the peplus of Athenê to her temple, in which nearly the whole of the population took part, on foot, on horseback, or in chariots. Old men carried olive-branches, young men attended in armour, and maidens carried baskets of flowers.