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Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.

Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries..

Impresa :: Impresa (n.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like..

Enshield :: Enshield (v. t.) To defend, as with a shield; to shield..

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.

Guide :: Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder..

Shielddrake :: Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

Shield :: Shield (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..

Saltirewise :: Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center..

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry..

Gyron :: Gyron (n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner..

Scutiform :: Scutiform (a.) Shield-shaped; scutate.

Shield :: Shield (n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends..

Water Shield :: Water shield () An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly..

Carapace :: Carapace (n.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals..

Targeteer :: Targeteer (n.) One who is armed with a target or shield.

Giggyng :: Giggyng (n.) The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.

Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..

Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield..

Lanier :: Lanier (n.) A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like..

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