(historical) A decorated leather shield used by many North American native warriors, believed to protect its owner with its magic power.

Any of various laws barring a defendant on a criminal charge of rape from introducing evidence that goes to the alleged rape victim's sexual behavior unrelated to the encounter from which the charge arose.

plural of rape shield

(archaic, rare, nonstandard) A turtle or tortoise.

(space science) A shield designed of a substance that absorbs excessive heat from an outside source by either dissipating, reflecting or simply absorbing the heat.

plural of heat shield

Civilians deliberately placed in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.

plural of chin shield

Any of the scales found on the underside of a snake's head towards the anterior and touching the lower labial scales.

Dryopteris (buckler ferns) / Lastreopsis spp. / Polystichum spp.