1. A protective covering or structure 
2. Armour carried on the arm to intercept blows
   - buckler 
3. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
   - carapace, shell, cuticle

1. Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
   - screen 
2. Hold back a thought or feeling about
   - harbor [N. Amer], harbour [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: shielding, shielded, shields

See also: shielder, shielding

Type of: armor [US], armour [Brit, Cdn], conceal, hide, protect, protection, protective cover, protective covering, scute

Part of: arthropod, mollusc, mollusk, shellfish, turtle

Encyclopedia: Shield Shield, North Dakota Shield, The

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