English Explanatory Dictionary

shield wall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A defensive formation, used from antiquity through the early Middle Ages, in which soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder with their shields overlapping, creating a continuous barrier against enemy attack.
  2. A barrier.
  3. An impenetrable barrier.

Word forms

shield wall shield walls shieldwall shield-wall

Etymology

See Old English sċieldweall, with the same meaning.

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