Definitions for shield
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shield(noun)

   a protective covering or structure

2. shield, buckler(noun)

   armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

3. carapace, shell, cuticle, shield(verb)

   hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

4. shield, screen(verb)

   protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

5. harbor, harbour, shield(verb)

   hold back a thought or feeling about

   "She is harboring a grudge against him"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shield(noun)

   a broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

2. Shield(noun)

   anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

3. Shield(noun)

   figuratively, one who protects or defends

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

4. Shield(noun)

   in lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

5. Shield(noun)

   the escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

6. Shield(noun)

   a framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

7. Shield(noun)

   a spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

8. Shield(noun)

   a coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

9. Shield(noun)

   to cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury

   Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

10. Shield(noun)

    to ward off; to keep off or out

    Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

11. Shield(noun)

    to avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!

    Etymology: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjldr, Sw. skld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Shield

   A shield is a type of personal armor, meant to intercept attacks, either by stopping projectiles such as arrows or redirecting a hit from a sword, mace, battle axe or similar weapon to the side of the shield-bearer. Shields vary greatly in size, ranging from large panels that protect the user's entire body to small models that were intended for hand-to-hand-combat use. Shields also vary a great deal in thickness; whereas some shields were made of relatively deep, absorbent, wooden planking to protect soldiers from the impact of spears and crossbow bolts, others were thinner and lighter and designed mainly for deflecting blade strikes. In prehistory and during the era of the earliest civilizations, shields were made of wood, animal hide, woven reeds or wicker. In classical antiquity, the Migration Period and the Middle Ages, they were normally constructed of poplar, lime or another split-resistant timber, covered in some instances with a material such as leather or rawhide and often reinforced with a metal boss, rim or banding. They were carried by foot soldiers, knights and cavalry. Shape wise, depending on time and place, shields could be round, oval, square, rectangular, triangular or scalloped. Sometimes they took on the form of kites, flatirons or figures-of-eight, or had rounded tops on a rectangular base with perhaps an eyehole inserted. The shield was held by a central grip or by straps which went over or around the user's arm

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shield

   A piece of defensive armor, borne on the left arm, to ward off the strokes of the sword and of missiles. It has been constantly used from ancient times, through the Middle Ages, till the invention of fire-arms. The large shield worn by the Greeks and Romans (clipeus) was circular, and often ornamented with devices. Another form of shield (scutum) was used by the Roman heavy-armed infantry, square, but bent to encircle the body. The early shield or knightly escutcheon of the Middle Ages was circular in outline, and convex, with a boss in the centre; the body generally of wood, and the rim of metal. There were many other kinds of shields, made of leather, wood, basket-work, etc., employed up to the introduction of fire-arms, when they became practically useless, although some savage nations employ shields at the present time.

2. shield

   To cover, as with a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect; to secure from assault or injury.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'shield' in Nouns Frequency: #2206

Anagrams for shield »

1. Delish

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shield in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shield in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of shield in a Sentence

1. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom!

2. Henry Brougham:

   It was the boast of Augustus that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be the sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say that he found law... a sealed book and left it a living letter found it the patrimony of the rich and left it the inheritance of the poor found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression and left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence.

3. Circuit Judge Thomas B. Ambro:

   It looks like he’s doing constituent services, and that doesn’t get you the shield of the speech and debate clause.

4. Dean Garfield:

   Encryption is a security tool we rely on everyday to stop criminals from draining our bank accounts, to shield our cars and airplanes from being taken over by malicious hacks, we deeply appreciate law enforcement's and the national security community’s work to protect us, but weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted devices and data for use by the good guys would actually create vulnerabilities to be exploited by the bad guys.

5. Henry Connelly:

   There are concerns in the House about enshrining the increasingly controversial Section 230 liability shield in our trade agreements.

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