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means A piece of protective armor carried to block blows and deflect attacks, or anything used to guard against harm.
from From Old English 'scield,' meaning a board or protective covering, with deep Germanic roots tracing back to a Proto-Germanic word for 'to cut' or 'split' — the original shields being boards split from wood. It shares ancestry with words across the Germanic family, all circling the idea of a flat plank held between you and trouble.
- viking origin
- Round shields doubled as stretchers, tables, and burial boards
- police line
- Riot shields are clear so fear stays visible
- turtle tactic
- Romans locked shields into a roof called testudo
- heraldry
- Coats of arms born from shield decoration patterns
- deflection
- Tank armor angles like a shield to bounce shots
captain america's shield — vibranium disc wielded by steve rogers, first appeared in comics 1941
shield volcano — mauna loa in hawaii, world's largest active volcano by volume
shield of achilles — mythological artifact forged by hephaestus in homer's iliad
shield of david — six-pointed star symbol on israeli flag, adopted 1948