Shielding: alternatives and connections

Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protec…

A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.

The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degre…

Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.

Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.

Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

A shield.

A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a…

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori

A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top…

Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shie…