Buller's shield - definition of Buller's shield by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

shield (sh

ld)

1. A broad piece of armor made of rigid material and strapped to the arm or carried in the hand for protection against hurled or thrusted weapons.

2. A person or thing that provides protection.

3. A protective device or structure, as:

a. A steel sheet attached to an artillery piece to protect gunners from small-arms fire and shrapnel.

b. Physics A wall or housing of concrete or lead built around a nuclear reactor to prevent the escape of radiation.

c. Electronics A structure or arrangement of metal plates or mesh designed to protect a piece of electronic equipment from electrostatic or magnetic interference.

d. A pad worn, as at the armpits, to protect a garment from perspiration.

e. A sanitary napkin.

4. Zoology A protective plate or similar hard outer covering; a scute or scutellum.

5. Something that resembles a shield, as:

a. An escutcheon.

b. A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.

c. A police officer's badge.

6. Geology The ancient, stable, interior layer of continents composed of primarily Precambrian igneous or metamorphic rocks. Also called continental shield.

v. shield·ed, shield·ing, shields

v.tr.

1. To protect or defend with or as if with a shield; guard. See Synonyms at defend.

2. To cover up; conceal.

v.intr.

To act or serve as a shield or safeguard.

[Middle English sheld, from Old English scield; see skel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

shielder n.

shield

Noun

1. a piece of defensive armour carried in the hand or on the arm to protect the body from blows or missiles

2. any person or thing that protects, hides, or defends: a wind shield

3. Heraldry a representation of a shield used for displaying a coat of arms

4. anything that resembles a shield in shape, such as a trophy in a sports competition

Verb

to protect, hide, or defend (someone or something) from danger or harm: an industry shielded from competition [Old English scield]

shield (sh

ld)

1. A wall or housing of an absorbing material, such as concrete or lead, built around a nuclear reactor to prevent the escape of radiation.

2. A structure or arrangement of metal plates or mesh designed to protect a piece of electronic equipment from electrostatic or magnetic interference.

3. A large geographic area where rocks of a continent's craton (the ancient, relatively undisturbed portion of a continental plate) are visible at the surface. A shield is often surrounded by platforms covered with sediment.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	shield - a protective covering or structure nipple shield - a rubber or plastic shield to protect the nipples of nursing women scale, shell, plate - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors" shielding - a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay shielding - shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference
	2.	shield - armor carried on the arm to intercept blows buckler armor, armour - protective covering made of metal and used in combat scutcheon, escutcheon - a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms pavis, pavise - (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position
	3.	shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles carapace, cuticle, shell turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin cuticula - the outer body wall of an insect scute - large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell shell - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Verb	1.	shield - protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm screen protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
	2.	shield - hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him" harbour, harbor conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"