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• Shield wall — The formation of shield wall, or Skjaldborg in Old Norse, is a military tactic that was common in many cultures in the Pre Early Modern warfare age. There were many slight variations of this tactic among these cultures, being called by many… …   Wikipedia

• shield — 01. The President s security guard jumped in front of him to act as a [shield] protecting him from the gunman s bullet. 02. Sunscreen with a rating of 25 or more acts as an effective [shield] against harmful rays from the sun. 03. Living in such… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Shield (disambiguation) — Shield may refer to:Protection* Shield, a hand held protective device meant to intercept attacks * Electromagnetic shielding * Shielded cable * Energy shield * Deflector shield, a protective energy field * Heat shield, which protects a spacecraft …   Wikipedia

• Shield — A shield is a protective device, meant to intercept attacks. The term often refers to a device that is held in the hand, as opposed to armour or a bullet proof vest.Prehistoric and AntiquityThe oldest form of shield was a protection used to block …   Wikipedia

• Shield Liger — The Shield Liger is a Lion type Zoid, one of over 200 species of biomechanical lifeforms central to the Zoids model kit, toy, and media franchises owned and primarily distributed by TOMY. The Shield Liger plays a central role in , and appears in… …   Wikipedia

• Large igneous province — Only a few of the largest Large Igneous Provinces are indicated (by the dark purple areas) on this geological map, which depicts crustal geologic provinces as seen in seismic refraction data. A Large Igneous Province (LIP) is an extremely large… …   Wikipedia

• Shield (geology) — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shiel …   Wikipedia

• Shield volcano — A shield volcano is a large volcano with shallow sloping sides. The name derives from a translation of Skjaldbreiður , an Icelandic shield volcano whose name means broad shield , from its resemblance to a warrior s shield. Information Shield… …   Wikipedia

• Shield nickel — The Shield nickel, minted from 1866 to 1883, was America s first nickel five cent piece.OriginDuring the Civil War, gold and silver coinage was hoarded in large quantities. Since all coinage of that era except the cent contained precious metals,… …   Wikipedia

• Shield of the Trinity — The Shield of the Trinity or Scutum Fidei is a traditional Christian visual symbol which expresses many aspects of the doctrine of the Trinity, summarizing the first part of the Athanasian Creed in a compact diagram. In medieval England and… …   Wikipedia

• shield — shield1 [ʃi:ld] n ↑shield, ↑sword [: Old English; Origin: scield] 1.) a) a large piece of metal or leather that soldiers used in the past to protect themselves when fighting b) a piece of equipment made of strong plastic, used by the police to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English