2. Verb. (third-person singular of shield) Protects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shields
1. shield [v] - See also: shield
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shields
Literary usage of Shields
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1848)
"NOTE I.—shields AS SEPULCHRAL DECORATIONS. THE shields carved or painted in this
and other tombs of Caere, probably mark them as the sepulchres of warriors, ..."
2. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"It will lie seen that some of the rnen carry shields resembling a scutum, ...
In later times the shields were smaller, usually covering the warrior from the ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"Action by William S. shields against the City National Bank of Greensboro. ...
L. shields, and that said stock IB worth $110 per share, and all dividends ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"shields congratulates the officers *nd soldiers of his division, upon the glorious
victory ... On the eighteenth and nineteenth ultimo. Gen. shields made a ..."
5. The five great monarchies of the ancient Eastern world; or, The history by George Rawlinson (1871)
"the centre.11 The weight of the metal shields must have been considerable; and
this both limited their size and made it diffi- Round shields or targes, ..."
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