testudo
noun
tes·tu·do te-ˈstü-(ˌ)dō 
-ˈtyü-
plural testudos
: a cover of overlapping shields or a shed wheeled up to a wall used by the ancient Romans to protect an attacking force
Word History
Etymology
Latin testudin-, testudo, literally, tortoise, tortoise shell; akin to Latin testa shell
First Known Use
1609, in the meaning defined above
- knight bachelor
- knight banneret
- knight baronet
- knight commander
- knight grand commander
- knight grand cross
- Knight Hospitaler
- knight in shining armor
- knight marshal
- knight of co
- Knight of Columbus
- knight of industry
- Knight of Labor
- Knight of Malta
- knight of pyth
- Knight of Pythias
- Knight of Rhodes
- Knight of St. John of Jerusalem
- knight of the carpet
- knight of the chamber
- Knight of the Golden Circle
- knight of the mac
- Knight of the Maccabees
- knight of the pestle
- knight of the post