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What (who) is Shield - definition

ITEM OF ARMOUR CARRIED TO INTERCEPT ATTACKS OR PROJECTILES
Trishield; Tri-shield; Paricha; 🛡; Shields; Law enforcement shields
  • Two wooden round shields survived at [[Thorsberg moor]] (3rd century AD)
  • slinger]]. Right: [[hoplite]]s. Middle: hoplite's shield has a curtain which serves as a protection from arrows.
  • Elaborate and sophisticated shields from the [[Philippines]].
  • Mycenaean Greek]] "figure eight", 15th century BC, [[National Archaeological Museum, Athens]]
  • NIJ]] Level IIIA
  • tournament]] [[Sinjska alka]]
  • [[U.S. Navy]] [[Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen]] (SWCC) fire a shield-equipped Minigun

shield         
FICTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN THE MARVEL COMICS UNIVERSE
SHIELD; S.H.I.E.L.D; S.H.E.I.L.D.; S.H.I.E.L.D. (Amalgam Comics); S.H.I.E.L.D. Guns; Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage and Logistics Directorate; S H I E L D; S. H. I. E. L. D.; A.R.M.O.R.; Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate; Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division; Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division; Altered-Reality Monitoring and Operational Response; S.A.F.E. (Marvel Comics); Strategic Action For Emergencies; S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; SHIELD (comics); Quake: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; The Cavalry: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage and Law-Enforcement Division; Brotherhood of the Shield
I. n.
1.
Buckler, aegis.
2.
Safeguard, protection, defence, shelter, guard, cover, security, bulwark, rampart, palladium.
3.
Escutcheon, ensign armorial, emblazoned field.
II. v. a.
1.
Defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover.
2.
Ward off, repel, defend against.
3.
Forbid, forefend, avert.
SHIELD         
FICTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN THE MARVEL COMICS UNIVERSE
SHIELD; S.H.I.E.L.D; S.H.E.I.L.D.; S.H.I.E.L.D. (Amalgam Comics); S.H.I.E.L.D. Guns; Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage and Logistics Directorate; S H I E L D; S. H. I. E. L. D.; A.R.M.O.R.; Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate; Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division; Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division; Altered-Reality Monitoring and Operational Response; S.A.F.E. (Marvel Comics); Strategic Action For Emergencies; S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; SHIELD (comics); Quake: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; The Cavalry: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage and Law-Enforcement Division; Brotherhood of the Shield
SHIELD is an interagency export control committee that reviews licenses involving chemical or biological weapons.
shield         
FICTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN THE MARVEL COMICS UNIVERSE
SHIELD; S.H.I.E.L.D; S.H.E.I.L.D.; S.H.I.E.L.D. (Amalgam Comics); S.H.I.E.L.D. Guns; Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage and Logistics Directorate; S H I E L D; S. H. I. E. L. D.; A.R.M.O.R.; Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate; Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division; Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division; Altered-Reality Monitoring and Operational Response; S.A.F.E. (Marvel Comics); Strategic Action For Emergencies; S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; SHIELD (comics); Quake: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; The Cavalry: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary; Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage and Law-Enforcement Division; Brotherhood of the Shield
(shields, shielding, shielded)
1.
Something or someone which is a shield against a particular danger or risk provides protection from it.
He used his left hand as a shield against the reflecting sunlight.
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
If something or someone shields you from a danger or risk, they protect you from it.
He shielded his head from the sun with an old sack...
= protect
VERB: V n from n
3.
If you shield your eyes, you put your hand above your eyes to protect them from direct sunlight.
He squinted and shielded his eyes.
= shade
VERB: V n
4.
A shield is a large piece of metal or leather which soldiers used to carry to protect their bodies while they were fighting.
N-COUNT
5.
A shield is a sports prize or badge that is shaped like a shield.
N-COUNT

Wikipedia

Shield

A shield is a piece of personal armour held in the hand, which may or may not be strapped to the wrist or forearm. Shields are used to intercept specific attacks, whether from close-ranged weaponry or projectiles such as arrows, by means of active blocks, as well as to provide passive protection by closing one or more lines of engagement during combat.

Shields vary greatly in size and shape, ranging from large panels that protect the user's whole body to small models (such as the buckler) 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 (like the roromaraugi or qauata). Finally, shields vary greatly in shape, ranging in roundness to angularity, proportional length and width, symmetry and edge pattern; different shapes provide more optimal protection for infantry or cavalry, enhance portability, provide secondary uses such as ship protection or as a weapon and so on.

In prehistory and during the era of the earliest civilisations, shields were made of wood, animal hide, woven reeds or wicker. In classical antiquity, the Barbarian Invasions and the Middle Ages, they were normally constructed of poplar tree, 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.

Depending on time and place, shields could be round, oval, square, rectangular, triangular, bilabial or scalloped. Sometimes they took on the form of kites or flatirons, or had rounded tops on a rectangular base with perhaps an eye-hole, to look through when used with combat. The shield was held by a central grip or by straps with some going over or around the user's arm and one or more being held by the hand.

Often shields were decorated with a painted pattern or an animal representation to show their army or clan. These designs developed into systematized heraldic devices during the High Middle Ages for purposes of battlefield identification. Even after the introduction of gunpowder and firearms to the battlefield, shields continued to be used by certain groups. In the 18th century, for example, Scottish Highland fighters liked to wield small shields known as targes, and as late as the 19th century, some non-industrialized peoples (such as Zulu warriors) employed them when waging war.

In the 20th and 21st century, shields have been used by military and police units that specialize in anti-terrorist actions, hostage rescue, riot control and siege-breaking.

Examples of use of Shield
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2. No federal shield law protects reporters, unlike California‘s shield law, which allows reporters to keep sources and unpublished material secret.
3. Q÷ One quick question again about the shield law. What‘s the latest administration thinking on strengthening the shield law for reporters in the District?
4. In sum, "The Shield" never disappoints. (If only I could find a woman like "The Shield.") Now it‘s back for a fifth season, premiering 10 p.m.
5. Q:В One quick question again about the shield law.В Whats the latest administration thinking on strengthening the shield law for reporters in the District?