shield

A flat and broad piece of armor carried in the hand or worn on the forearm to defend against attacks.

See energy barrier for the force fields or shields used by spacecraft in science fiction.

Examples

Related tags

• Arm shield
• Ballistic shield
• Buckler
• Energy shield
• Kite Shield
• Riot shield
• Tower shield
• Wooden shield
• Spiked shield

Historical shields

• Adarga
• Aspis (Ancient Greek shield)
• Chimalli (Aztec shield)
• Pavise (Renaissance era tower shield)
• Scutum (Roman legionary shield)

Fictional shields

• Deku shield (The Legend of Zelda)
• Hylian shield (The Legend of Zelda)
• Mirror shield (The Legend of Zelda)
• Minecraft shield (Minecraft)
• Crocea Mors (RWBY)
• Milo and Akouo (RWBY)
• Beam shield (Gundam)
• Mold Camelot (Fate)
• Retronia (Fate)

Actions

• Holding shield
• Hand on shield
• Planted shield
• Shield on back

See also

• Shield module
• List of armor

External links

• Wikipedia: Shield

The following tags are aliased to this tag: shields (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: ballistic_shield, buckler, deku_shield, holding_shield, hylian_shield, minecraft_shield, riot_shield, shield_on_back, and wooden_shield (learn more).