shield
/ˈʃild/ noun B2- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- One who protects or defends.
- A featherless, flat, fleshy protuberance on the head; a frontal shield.
- A flattish patch of iridescent feathers.
- A heavily hardened, protective plate on an insect's exoskeleton that covers part of its body.
- In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- A field of energy that protects or defends.
Plural shields
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Albert passed his hand over his forehead, as if to try his strength, as a man who is preparing to defend his life proves his shield and bends his sword.
“‘“Make no noise, sir, unless you wish me to consider you as one of the men of whom you spoke just now as cowards, who take their weakness for a shield.
Not one of these glances, nor one sigh, was lost on her; they might have been said to fall on the shield of Minerva, which some philosophers assert protected sometimes the breast of Sappho.
These are our arms, that is, those of my father, but they are, as you see, joined to another shield, which has gules, a silver tower, which are my mother’s.
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