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

Protect :: Protect (v. t.) To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children..

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

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister..

Shieling :: Shieling (n.) A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.

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

Screen :: Screen (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen..

Scutcheoned :: Scutcheoned (a.) Emblazoned on or as a shield.

Vairy :: Vairy (n.) Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.

Shiel :: Shiel (n.) A sheeling.

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..

Vair :: Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue..

Pavise :: Pavise (n.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it..

Semirecondite :: Semirecondite (a.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.

Score :: Score (v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield..

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole..

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

Targe :: Targe (n.) A shield or target.

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

Orle :: Orle (n.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border..

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