shield en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃiːʊd/ l-vocalization
- /ˈʃɪj(ə)ld/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈʃiːld/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- [ˈʃɪi̯ʊd] l-vocalization
- /ˈʃild/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English scheld, shelde, from Old English scield (“shield”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“cut, split”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian skyld (“shield”), Bavarian Schuid (“shield”), Dutch schild (“shield”), German and Low German Schild (“shield”), Luxembourgish Schëld (“shield”), Yiddish שילד (shild, “shield”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skjold (“shield”), Elfdalian stjöld (“shield”), Faroese skjøldur (“shield”), Gutnish skiåld (“shield”), Icelandic skjöldur (“shield”), Swedish sköld (“shield”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skildus, “shield”). Compare Breton skoed (“shield”), Irish sciath (“shield”), Scottish Gaelic sgiath (“shield”), Latin scūtum (“shield”), Latgalian škīda (“shield”), Lithuanian skydas (“shield”), Belarusian шчыт (ščyt, “shield”), Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian щит (ščyt, “shield”), Czech and Slovak štít (“shield”), Macedonian штит (štit, “shield”), Polish szczyt (“shield”), Serbo-Croatian штит, štit, ščit (“shield”), Slovene ščit (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”).
Meanings
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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.
Knock go and come; God's vassals drop and die; And sword and shield, In bloody field, Doth win immortal fame.
1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act III, scene II, line 8:The shields used by our Norman ancestors were the triangular or heater shield, the target or buckler, the roundel or rondache, and the pavais, pavache, or tallevas.
1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22:Beowulf, behind his shield, thrust forth only his right arm.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 44: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.
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:
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(figuratively) Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. ▸ One who protects or defends.
Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
1611, The Holy Bible, King James Version edition, Genesis 15:1:Go muster men. My counsel is my shield; We must be brief when traitors brave the field.
1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, act 4, scene 3, line 56:
- Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. ▸ A featherless, flat, fleshy protuberance on the head; a frontal shield.
- Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. ▸ A flattish patch of iridescent feathers.
- Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. ▸ A heavily hardened, protective plate on an insect's exoskeleton that covers part of its body.
- Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. ▸ In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
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Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. ▸ A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
The earth was excavated from the sunken cylinder; the shield was inserted into it, and the tunnelling began, the target being Wapping, on the opposite bank. The shield was an iron honeycomb containing thirty-six cells within which men dug the wall of mud before them.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 88:
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Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. ▸ A field of energy that protects or defends.
Kinetic barriers, colloquially called "shields", provide protection against most mass accelerator weapons. Whether on a starship or a soldier's suit of armor, the basic principle remains the same. Kinetic barriers are repulsive mass effect fields projected from tiny emitters. These shields safely deflect small objects traveling at rapid velocities. This affords protection from bullets and other dangerous projectiles, but still allows the user to sit down without knocking away their chair.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kinetic Barriers ("Shields") Codex entry:
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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. ▸ The escutcheon on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]
2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 141:Meronyms: field, charge, emblem
- (Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) 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. ▸ A toilet seat.
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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. ▸ A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
Bespotted as with shields of red and black.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
- (obsolete) 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. ▸ A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
- 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. ▸ A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
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(colloquial) 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. ▸ A police badge.
The chief put something in his hand and Bosch looked down to see the gold detective's shield.
2005, Michael Connelly, The closers: a novel:
- A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock. ▸ A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- (Scotland, euphemistic, figuratively, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- (British, English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
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A circuit board that can connect to an Arduino microcontroller and extend its capabilities.
Arduino does many interesting things on its own, but it can't do everything. Fortunately, thanks to the open design of Arduino, building add-on boards to extend what Arduino can do is pretty easy. ¶ These boards are called "shields," because they usually fit over the top of Arduino like a protecting shield. ¶ Shields contain their own circuitry, components, and sometimes processing chips that can augment Arduino's capabilities. There are shields that enable Arduino to read GPS signals, drive robot motors, take pictures, connect to Bluetooth devices, control electroluminescent wire...as of this writing, there are more than 300 shields.
2012, Emily Gertz, Patrick Di Justo, “New Component: Ethernet Shield”, in Environmental Monitoring With Arduino, Sebastopol, C.A.: O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 45:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shields | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
shield aralia (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · sap shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield medick (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · forceshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shielder (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · dress shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · lantern shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldback (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · Whipple shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · Shield of David (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield-backed bug (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · chin shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield fern (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldless (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield law (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield-bearer (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldman (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · armshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · gunshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield wall (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · ice and water shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield-maiden (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · tailshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · finger shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · rape shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldsmith (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldable (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · panty shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · human shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield bug (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield volcano (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield-skipper (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · eyeshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldwise (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield shrimp (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · dayshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · pop shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldsman (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · bitch shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldmaid (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · faceshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · riot shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · windshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield-toad (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · lockshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldlike (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldbill (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · white shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · medicine shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · headshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · nipple shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldmaiden (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · tax shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · Shield Row (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldmaker (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · silicon shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldwright (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · roundshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · meat shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · radial shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · Golden Shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shieldtail (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · wind shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · living shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · heat shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · striped shield bug (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · brown-point shield skin longirostris (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · water-shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · shield beetle (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · ozone shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · gumshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · face shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · kite shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · unshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · tower shield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)) · enshield (some may also be hyponyms (unsorted))
Hyponyms
roundel (Anything that protects or defends) · rondache (Anything that protects or defends) · buckler (Anything that protects or defends) · scutum (Anything that protects or defends) · heatshield (Anything that protects or defends) · targe (Anything that protects or defends) · pavache (Anything that protects or defends) · pavais (Anything that protects or defends) · sunshield (Anything that protects or defends) · tallevas (Anything that protects or defends) · target (Anything that protects or defends)
Synonyms
Translations (341)
mk штит (heraldry) · nci chimal (armor) · nl beschermer (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · id tameng (armor) · cdo 盾 (armor) · ar مِجَنّ (armor) · da -skjold (anything that protects or defends) · cs štít (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · ro protectoare (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · es chimal (armor) · et kilp (armor) · ota قلقان (armor) · myv ваксар (armor) · cu щитъ (armor) · de Schutz (anything that protects or defends) · mg ampinga (armor) · yua chimal (armor) · fi kilpi (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · gv scape (armor) · mba kalasag (armor) · nl beschermster (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · oc escut (armor) · te డాలు (armor) · sl ščitnik (anything that protects or defends) · zh 盾牌 (armor) · tr kalkan (anything that protects or defends) · ln nguba (armor) · nci chīmalli (armor) · la clipeus (armor) · mr ढाल (armor) · ota سپر (armor) · bo ཕུབ (armor) · pms scu (armor) · tt калкан (armor) · xsm tɔn-tɩʋ (armor) · mk штит (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · fi kilpi (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · kaa qalqan (armor) · grc ἀσπίς (armor) · sk štít (armor) · ro protector (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · njo-jgl jong (armor) · egy i-km-m-F27 (armor) · nv áchʼą́ą́h neilyéii (armor) · fi kilpi (heraldry) · sh štȋt (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · got 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍃 (armor) · ug قالقان (armor) · lo ແສງ (armor) · th โล่ (armor) · es escudo (armor) · kmr mertal (armor) · gl escudo (armor) · nl penning (colloquial: a police badge) · et kaitse (anything that protects or defends) · fi kyltti (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · tab къалкан (armor) · dbl bigan (armor) · mk штит (mining) · ur ڈھال (armor) · ota درقه (armor) · ur سِپَر (armor) · scn scutu (armor) · lt apsauga (anything that protects or defends) · ltg škīda (armor) · da skjold (anything that protects or defends) · bua халха (armor) · si පලිහ (armor) · ko 보호자 (anything that protects or defends) · wyi gayaam (armor) · la parma (armor) · nl wapenschild (heraldry) · wlm ysgwyt (armor) · ba ҡалҡан (armor) · pal 𐭮𐭯𐭥 (armor) · aer alkwerte (armor) · ota ترس (armor) · nn skjold (armor) · uz qalqon (armor) · pl szczyt (armor) · yi שילד (armor) · ur کَوَچ (armor) · ro scut (armor) · xul bimbiang (armor) · nl schild (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · ml പരിച (armor) · bg закрилник (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · tet kalili (armor) · nb skjold (armor) · sk štít (anything that protects or defends) · ro scut (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · lij scûddo (armor) · arc ܣܟܪܐ (armor) · nl plaat (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · cjs қуйақ (armor) · nb skjerm (anything that protects or defends) · wbv gurnda (armor) · ceb kalasag (armor) · sk kryt (anything that protects or defends) · fi tiennumerokilpi (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · fa سِپَر (armor) · niq loñg (armor) · ky калкан (armor) · fr bouclier (armor) · it scudo (armor) · bg защитник (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · vi khiên (armor) · ar وِقَاء (anything that protects or defends) · nl bescherming (anything that protects or defends) · la integumentum (anything that protects or defends) · sv vapensköld (heraldry) · fa سِپَر (armor) · bm nɛgɛbɛnnan (armor) · lb Schëld (armor) · es escudo (anything that protects or defends) · hi कवच (armor) · ja 盾 (armor) · gl escudo (anything that protects or defends) · nci chimalli (armor) · ru щит (armor) · az qalxan (armor) · hu védelem (anything that protects or defends) · wlm taryan (armor) · grc λαισήϊον (armor) · ps سپر (armor) · gl escudo (heraldry) · km ខែល (armor) · xsm cɩ-kwaŋa (armor) · nl wegwijzer (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · lmo scud (armor) · lv aizsegs (anything that protects or defends) · zh 盾 (armor) · fi kilpi (colloquial: a police badge) · ace peurisè (armor) · eu babes (armor) · nv naagééh (armor) · ru щит (mining) · sw ngao (armor) · am ጋሻ (armor) · ia scuto (armor) · enm scheld (anything that protects or defends) · be шчыт (armor) · sh шти̑т (armor) · pt escudo (anything that protects or defends) · fi kilpi (a spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.) · sw ngao (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · eo ŝirmilo (anything that protects or defends) · mi kahupeka (armor) · sv sköld (anything that protects or defends) · fur scût (armor) · bg щит с герб (heraldry) · fi suoja (anything that protects or defends) · mk штит (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · pt escudo (armor) · br skoed (armor) · bg щит (armor) · lv vairogs (armor) · fro escut (armor) · tg сипар (armor) · mn бамбай (armor) · sg nguba (armor) · it protezione (anything that protects or defends) · lv šķīda (armor) · cop ⲑⲩⲣⲱⲛ (armor) · it copertura (anything that protects or defends) · fr écu (heraldry) · nha wurnda (armor) · azz chi̱mal (armor) · hi ढाल (armor) · bn ঢাল (armor) · fi kilpi (anything that protects or defends) · sv skärma (anything that protects or defends) · ms perisai (armor) · bg полицейска значка (colloquial: a police badge) · arp heeceiʼ (armor) · ss lihawu (armor) · bo འགེབས་སྲུང་ཡོ་ཆས (anything that protects or defends) · fr bouclier (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · mt tarka (armor) · el ασπίδα (anything that protects or defends) · ota سپر (anything that protects or defends) · de Schild (armor) · ar تُرْس (armor) · hy վահան (armor) · it scudo (anything that protects or defends) · oma taháwagthe (armor) · nl badge (colloquial: a police badge) · uga 𐎖𐎍𐎓 (armor) · fr écu (obsolete: a coin, the old French crown, or écu) · li sjèldj (armor) · ka ფარი (armor) · enm scheld (armor) · pdt Schilt (armor) · my ကာ (armor) · ha garkuwa (armor) · he שִׁרְיוֹן (anything that protects or defends) · rue щит (armor) · enm scheld (obsolete: a coin, the old French crown, or écu) · lt skydas (armor) · hsb škit (armor) · eu ezkutu (armor) · kw skoos (armor) · zh 盾 (armor) · sh шти̑т (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · ady ашъо (armor) · sv skyddsplåt (anything that protects or defends) · orv щитъ (armor) · id perisai (armor) · gd sgiath (armor) · sa ढाल (armor) · ga sciath (armor) · nb skjold (anything that protects or defends) · hu pajzs (armor) · ta கேடயம் (armor) · dak waháchąka (armor) · wuu 盾 (armor) · aig balatag (armor) · ru щит (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · bg защи́та (anything that protects or defends) · cs štít (armor) · nl schild (armor) · cs kryt (anything that protects or defends) · el ασπίδα (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · pl pole siłowe (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · is skjöldur (anything that protects or defends) · wyi narragourt (armor) · cy tarian (armor) · fi kilpi (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · it rifugio (anything that protects or defends) · lv ekrāns (anything that protects or defends) · sa कवच (armor) · ro pavăză (armor) · nog калкан (armor) · pro escut (armor) · lg engabo (armor) · uk щит (armor) · rhg dhál (armor) · tk galkan (armor) · he מָגֵן (anything that protects or defends) · nl scherm (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · ang sċield (armor) · ne कवच (armor) · klw kaliawo (armor) · pl osłona (anything that protects or defends) · io shildo (armor) · ru щит (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · hak 盾 (armor) · ro protectori (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · ro indicator (de circulație) (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · kk қалқан (armor) · fr bouclier (anything that protects or defends) · ca escut (armor) · sl ščit (armor) · hrx Schild (armor) · grc θυρεός (armor) · yue 盾 (armor) · grc σάκος (armor) · he מָגֵן (armor) · fi numerokilpi (transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.) · th เขน (armor) · zdj mbinga (figuratively, one who protects or defends) · af skild (armor) · alt калка кӧлгӧк (armor) · cs štít (anything that protects or defends) · mk штит (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · dsb šćit (armor) · it riparo (anything that protects or defends) · li sjildj (armor) · ro pavăză (anything that protects or defends) · ar دِرْع (armor) · ps ډال (armor) · mnp 盾 (armor) · ru щит (heraldry) · fr écu (armor) · de Schilt (armor) · kn ಗುರಾಣಿ (armor) · mi hīra (heraldry) · vo platäd (armor) · tl kalasag (armor) · ru защи́та (anything that protects or defends) · sh štȋt (armor) · vi lá chắn (armor) · svs ghora (armor) · nb vern (anything that protects or defends) · sq mburojë (armor) · syl ꠓꠣꠟ (armor) · cu ⱋⰻⱅⱏ (armor) · lo ໂລ່ (armor) · is skjöldur (armor) · fi kilpi (armor) · ko 방패 (armor) · tr kalkan (armor) · id pelindung (anything that protects or defends) · as ঢাল (armor) · nds Schild (armor) · nl scherm (anything that protects or defends) · kn ಡಾಲು (armor) · mk штит (anything that protects or defends) · enm scheld (heraldry) · rgn scud (armor) · oc bloquier (armor) · fo skjøldur (armor) · ny chishango (armor) · fy skyld (armor) · aaq an̈gȣ̑ian (armor) · sv sköld (heraldry) · wyi mulga (armor) · ast escudu (armor) · ks سِپَر (armor) · el ασπίδα (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · pl tarcza (armor) · ko 보호물 (anything that protects or defends) · sh štȋt (anything that protects or defends) · hi सिपर (armor) · ar دِرع (armor) · cy aes (anything that protects or defends) · pl pawęża (armor) · bo ཕུབ (anything that protects or defends) · xal халхц (armor) · ar وِقَايَه (anything that protects or defends) · aa gob (armor) · os уарт (armor) · sh štit (sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends) · lv aizsargs (anything that protects or defends) · el ασπίδα (armor) · mk штит (armor) · sv sköld (armor) · cop ϣⲉⲃϣⲓ (armor) · pal 𐫖𐫃𐫏𐫗 (armor) · non skjǫldr (armor) · zh 保護者 /保护者 (anything that protects or defends) · sh шти̑т (anything that protects or defends) · sq shqyt (armor) · zdj mbinga (armor) · zh 防護物 /防护物 (anything that protects or defends) · da skjold (armor) · bkd kalasag (armor) · rsk щит (armor) · la scutum (armor) · pdc Schild (armor) · eo ŝildo (armor)