Shield
81Shield of Achilles — This article is about the shield of Achilles. For the poems by W. H. Auden, see The Shield of Achilles . The Shield of Achilles is the shield that Achilles uses to fight Hector, famously described in a passage in Book 18, lines 478 608 of Homer s …
82Shield volcano — A shield volcano is a large volcano with shallow sloping sides. The name derives from a translation of Skjaldbreiður , an Icelandic shield volcano whose name means broad shield , from its resemblance to a warrior s shield. Information Shield… …
83Shield nickel — The Shield nickel, minted from 1866 to 1883, was America s first nickel five cent piece.OriginDuring the Civil War, gold and silver coinage was hoarded in large quantities. Since all coinage of that era except the cent contained precious metals,… …
84Shield Lands — in universe Nofootnotes|date=February 2008 Greyhawk Realm caption = name = Restored Holy Realmof the Faithful of the Shield Lands motto = region = Empire of Iuz ruler = Knight Commander Countess Katarina of Walworth government = Commonwealth of… …
85Shield boss — A shield boss, or umbo, is a round, or conical piece of material at the center of a shield. Shield bosses (or sometimes, just bosses ) are usually made of thick metal but could also be made of wood. The boss was originally designed to deflect… …
86shield volcano — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A gently sloping volcano in the shape of a flattened dome and built almost exclusively of lava flows. GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A broad, low relief volcano constructed by flows of relatively fluid lava (e.g.… …
87Shield bearer — A shield bearer was usually a lightly armored soldier who often accompanied a soldier of a higher rank with a protective shield. Thus commanders were often protected by several shield bearers. Other examples are range weapon soldiers with shield… …
88shield fern — noun any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield shaped coverings on the sori • Syn: ↑buckler fern • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Hyponyms: ↑broad buckler fern, ↑Dryopteris dilatata, ↑ …
89Shield bug — Taxobox name = Shield and stink bugs image width = 250px image caption = Acanthosoma labiduroides female regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera infraordo = Pentatomomorpha superfamilia = Pentatomoidea subdivision …
90Shield Wall — A military formation of infantry formed by condensing the shield carriers shoulder to shoulder, making penetration of the wall difficult. If the infantry were well disciplined, then, as they did at the Battle of Hastings, the wall can sometimes… …
