Shield
[ʃiːld] or [ʃild]
Definition
(noun.) armor carried on the arm to intercept blows.
(noun.) a protective covering or structure.
(verb.) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm.
Inputed by Chris--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
(n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
(n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
(n.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
(n.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
(n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
(n.) A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
(n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
(n.) To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
(n.) To ward off; to keep off or out.
(n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
Typed by Carla
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Buckler, ægis.[2]. Safeguard, protection, defence, guard, cover, security, bulwark, rampart, palladium.[3]. Escutcheon, ensign armorial.
v. a. Defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover.
Checked by Carlton
Definition
n. a broad plate worn for defence on the left arm: anything that protects: defence: a person who protects: the shield-shaped escutcheon used for displaying arms.—v.t. to defend: (Shak.) to forfend avert.—v.i. to be a shelter.—ns. Shiel′der; Shield′-fern a fern so called from its shape.—adj. Shield′less defenceless.—adv. Shield′lessly.—n. Shield′lessness.—adj. Shield′-shaped scutate.
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Examples
- Bois-Guilbert's new shield bore a raven in full flight, holding in its claws a skull, and bearing the motto, Gare le Corbeau. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Above him hang his helmet and shield. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The method of construction used in the Hudson River tunnels has been designated the shield method. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Shield, face-hardened nickel steel, 10 inches thick, 66 inches high. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A lantern is the only shield that will make it safe for us. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- What device does he bear on his shield? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This iron shell is put in place segmentally by means of a shield, an ingenious mechanism which both protects the work under construction and assists in the building of the iron shell. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- As is quite generally known, air pressure and tunnel shields were used in all of the under-water work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The shields used weighed approximately sixty-seven tons each. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On their backs were oval shields, in their noses huge rings, while from the kinky wool of their heads protruded tufts of gay feathers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- One of the shields is illustrated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The hunters carry big shields and spears, and stand in rows one behind the other. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His weapons and shields and other little store of treasures were littered about. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She stretched out the arm with which she had shielded herself, and as she went on, pointed at the object of her anger. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- For that reason, and for no other, he shielded me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now as they lay all that before had been shielded was unshielded. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In use they were shielded from the wind by thin pieces of horn, and thus the horn lantern originated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But a photograph on glass, which must be carefully shielded from the light and admired only in the dark room, would be neither pleasurable nor practical. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He slid over behind the rocks to where Robert Jordan was crouched beside the brush-shielded automatic rifle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There's two on you,' said the man, thrusting the candle farther out, and shielding his eyes with his hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Checker: Lola