targe UK /tɑːd͡ʒ/US /tɑɹd͡ʒ/ noun2 •(no longer used) A small shield.Or burley Hero [Ajax the Great] Sev'nfold Targe who bore, / With Choler furibund, vindictive Steel / Plunging in Brutal Gore; [...] — 1730 •(no longer used) A pendant or tassel. formstarges