A shield used in war. Obsolete.

An instrument for winnowing grain. Applied to things resembling a winnowing fan (sense 1a) in shape (see quots.). Obs.

A distinctive form of late-medieval shield (apparently produced originally in Pavia), flat, more or less… In singular.

The sacred shield of the ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven; on the preservation of which the prosperity of the city was supposed to…

Ancient History. A wooden shield.

figure of eight: see eight, n. 3. Also attributive, as in figure of eight bandage, figure of eight shield, figure of eight suture; figure of eight…