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shield

/ˈʃild/SHEELD
/ˈʃild/SHEELD

Meaninga piece of armour held to ward off blows

Common meaning: a piece of armour held to ward off blows

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishscild‘sceld, a shield’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishscheldesource
  3. Englishshield‘a piece of armour held to ward off blows’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English scild ‘a piece of armour held to ward off blows’.

Roots

  • scild Old English “a piece of armour held to ward off blows”

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