shield
see also: Shield
Pronunciation
Shield
Proper noun
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see also: Shield
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʃiːld/
From Middle English scheld, shelde, from Old English scield, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-.
Compare Latin scūtum, Irish sciath, Latgalian škīda, Lithuanian skydas, Russian щит, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, protect”), *skey- ("to cut, split").
Nounshield (plural shields)
- Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:
- My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.
- (figurative) One who protects or defends.
- (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- (mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
- (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- (Scotland, euphemism, obsolete) A toilet seat.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
- (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
- (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- (figuratively, Scotland, euphemism, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- (automotive, British English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- (place with a toilet seat) See Thesaurus:bathroom
- French: bouclier, écu
- German: Schild (also: Schild, see the entry for more information)
- Italian: scudo
- Portuguese: escudo
- Russian: щит
- Spanish: escudo, chimal (New Mexico)
- French: bouclier
- German: Schutz
- Italian: scudo, protezione, rifugio, riparo, copertura
- Portuguese: escudo
- Russian: защи́та
- Spanish: escudo
- Russian: щит
- French: écu
- Russian: щит
From Middle English shelden, from Old English scildan.
Verbshield (shields, present participle shielding; simple past and past participle shielded)
- (ambitransitive) To protect, to defend.
- Sunscreen shields against the harmful effects of solar rays.
- (UK, intransitive) To shelter; to protect oneself.
- (electricity) To protect from the influence of.
- French: protéger
- German: beschützen
- Italian: proteggere
- Portuguese: proteger
- Russian: защища́ть
- Spanish: proteger, blindar
Shield
Proper noun
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