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Clypeiform :: Clypeiform (a.) Shield-shaped; clypeate.

Shield :: Shield (n.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci..

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..

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

Thoracostraca :: Thoracostraca (a.) An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species..

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

Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention..

Escuage :: Escuage (n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage..

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..

Ponderous :: Ponderous (a.) Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant..

Shieldless :: Shieldless (a.) Destitute of a shield, or of protection..

Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell..

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

Ailette :: Ailette (n.) A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet..

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

Scutal :: Scutal (a.) Of or pertaining to a shield.

Dexter :: Dexter (a.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side..

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

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..

Shielded :: Shielded (imp. & p. p.) of Shiel.

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