targe
noun
[ tɑːdʒ ]
• archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun).
Origin:
Old English targa, targe, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French targe .
targe
noun
• a formidably aggressive older woman.
• "she was an old targe of a schoolteacher"
Origin:
late 19th century: from the verb targe ‘to reprimand, scold, beat’, of uncertain origin.
