See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, See also:

• DAN

Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root seen in " See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell " or " See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale "; another See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger  . See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root skeu, seen in Gr. o,diros, idiros See also:

• LAT

Lat. cutis, skin, scutum, See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield, O . Eng. hyd, hide, and in " See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky "), a piece of defensive See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne upon the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm or carried in the left See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand as a See also:

• PROTECTION

protection against missiles . Varying in shape and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, it was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal piece of defensive armour from the See also:

• BRONZE

Bronze and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

Age to the introduction of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-arms, and is still borne by See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage warriors throughout the See also:

• WORLD

world (see ARMS AND ARMOUR, and for the heraldic shield See also:

• HERALDRY

HERALDRY) . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times the principle of the shield has been applied to guns of all calibres from 11 and to in. calibre downwards . Whereas the See also:

• TURRET (from O. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle)

turret, See also:

• BARBETTE (Fr. diminutive of barbe, a beard)

barbette, See also:

• CUPOLA (Ital., from Lat. cupula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub)

cupola and other heavy-armoured structures are intended to be See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof against the heaviest projectiles, the shield is usually only designed to resist See also:

• RIFLE

rifle and shrapnel bullets or very See also:

• LIGHT

light shells . For the application of See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields to See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery, &c., see the articles ARTILLERY and See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ORDNANCE .