"schildpad" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsxɪl(t).pɑt/ Audio: Nl-schildpad.ogg Forms: schildpadden [plural], schildpadje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch schiltpadde, compare the slightly older Middle Low German schildepadde. Equivalent to schild (“shield”) + pad (“toad”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|schiltpadde}} Middle Dutch schiltpadde, {{cog|gml|schildepadde}} Middle Low German schildepadde, {{compound|nl|schild|pad|t1=shield|t2=toad}} schild (“shield”) + pad (“toad”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|schildpadje}} schildpad f (plural schildpadden, diminutive schildpadje n)
  1. tortoise, turtle; reptile of the order Testudines Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Reptiles
    Sense id: en-schildpad-nl-noun-Oufy~OC3 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 55 28 7 10
  2. (dated, historical, rare) tortoise, cat, testudo (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; siege weapon) Tags: dated, feminine, historical, rare Synonyms: kat
    Sense id: en-schildpad-nl-noun-F-kXubGj Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 28 40 14 18 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 53 19 11
  3. (archaic, historical, rare) testudo formation Tags: archaic, feminine, historical, rare Synonyms: schildpadformatie
    Sense id: en-schildpad-nl-noun-rzvDlF1o
  4. (obsolete, nautical) ship's block (one or more pulleys in a shell) Tags: feminine, obsolete Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: klos, scheepsblok
    Sense id: en-schildpad-nl-noun-fxHX9~PJ Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bijtschildpad, grootkopschildpad, karetschildpad, landschildpad, lederschildpad, moerasschildpad, schildpadformatie, soepschildpad, waterschildpad, zeeschildpad

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Het gewigtigste Werktuig tot bedekking van de Arbeiders, byzonder wanneer dezelve de gragten opvulden, den grond slechteden, of ook wallen moesten opwerpen, was de zoogenaamde Schildpad, of het Stormdak.",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "1817, Hendrik Conscience, De kerels van Vlaanderen, J. Lebègue (publ., 1912), pages 374 & 375.\nVooraan reden de Springhalen, die bij elke ontspanning veertig of vijftig groote pijlen over de muren der belegerde sterkte schoten; dan de Blijden, waarmede men groote steenen en rotsblokken den vijand toezond; dan stormtorens met valbruggen, om op de wallen der burgen over te loopen; dan een honderdtal Schildpadden of groote beukelaars, van sterke wissen gevlochten en overdekt met ossenleder; verder vele wagens met ladders van alle grootte: de eenen reusachtig van gestalte en zestig voet lang, de anderen licht en door weinige mannen draagbaar.",
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          "english": "[…] while the battering rams, with the aid of the tortoises and of the sheltered galleries, approached the base of the walls.",
          "ref": "1879, Michaud, Geschiedenis der Kruistochten, volume 1, page 56",
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          "english": "But Vitellius' men broke the testudo by throwing large stones onto it, felled the people who were under it, and effected a horrific slaughter among them, who were thus bare and unprotected against the volleys of stones and arrows.",
          "text": "1745, Algemeene histori, vol. XII, parts I and II, page 872.\nMaar Vitellius volk brak de ſchildpad door grote ſtéénen daar op te werpen, velde het volk, dat 'er order was, en maakte een ſchriklijke verwoeſting onder hen, die dus blóót en voor de vluchten ſtéénen en pijlen ongedekt waren.",
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          "english": "[…] but when the houses collapsed as they cracked, he called his soldiers with a loud voice, to rally around him and to lock their shields together to a so-called tortoise or testudo.",
          "ref": "1892, George Alfred Henty, Voor den Tempel. Een verhaal uit de eerste eeuw onzer jaartelling, page 137",
          "text": "[…] maar toen de huizen krakend instortten, riep hij met luide stem zijn soldaten, zich rondom hem te verzamelen en hun schilden aaneen te sluiten tot een zoogenaamde schildpad of testudo.",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "1859, G. P. J. Mossel. Handleiding tot de kennis van het schip, wed. G. Hulst van Keulen (publ.), page 253.\nOm ruimte te winnen, naait men dus tegen den voorkant van dien mast eene groote schildpad met twee schijven boven elkander voor de kruisschoten.",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1888, A. E. Arkenbout Schokker, De samenstelling van schepen. Benevens eenige beschouwingen over vorm, afmetingen en verdeeling van gewichten, C. de Boer, jr, page 72",
          "text": "In een of meer schijfgaten in de schildpad zijn pokhouten of metalen schijven geplaatst, die om een verticalen ijzeren nagel draaien.",
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          "text": "Het gewigtigste Werktuig tot bedekking van de Arbeiders, byzonder wanneer dezelve de gragten opvulden, den grond slechteden, of ook wallen moesten opwerpen, was de zoogenaamde Schildpad, of het Stormdak.",
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        {
          "english": "The moat, which was 7 ells deep and 14 ells wide, was filled in by means of three tortoises.",
          "ref": "1862, Jan Karel Hendrik de Roo van Alderwerelt, De vestingoorlog en de vestingbouw in hunne ontwikkeling beschouwd, page 28",
          "text": "De gracht, die 7 el diep en 14 el breed was, werd door middel van drie Schildpadden gevuld.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "1817, Hendrik Conscience, De kerels van Vlaanderen, J. Lebègue (publ., 1912), pages 374 & 375.\nVooraan reden de Springhalen, die bij elke ontspanning veertig of vijftig groote pijlen over de muren der belegerde sterkte schoten; dan de Blijden, waarmede men groote steenen en rotsblokken den vijand toezond; dan stormtorens met valbruggen, om op de wallen der burgen over te loopen; dan een honderdtal Schildpadden of groote beukelaars, van sterke wissen gevlochten en overdekt met ossenleder; verder vele wagens met ladders van alle grootte: de eenen reusachtig van gestalte en zestig voet lang, de anderen licht en door weinige mannen draagbaar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "[…] while the battering rams, with the aid of the tortoises and of the sheltered galleries, approached the base of the walls.",
          "ref": "1879, Michaud, Geschiedenis der Kruistochten, volume 1, page 56",
          "text": "[…] terwijl de stormrammen, met behulp der schildpadden en der overdekte galerijen, den voet der muren naderden.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tortoise, cat, testudo (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; siege weapon)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tortoise",
          "tortoise"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ],
        [
          "testudo",
          "testudo"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, historical, rare) tortoise, cat, testudo (wheeled gallery offering protection to approaching besiegers; siege weapon)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with archaic senses",
        "Dutch terms with historical senses",
        "Dutch terms with quotations",
        "Dutch terms with rare senses",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But Vitellius' men broke the testudo by throwing large stones onto it, felled the people who were under it, and effected a horrific slaughter among them, who were thus bare and unprotected against the volleys of stones and arrows.",
          "text": "1745, Algemeene histori, vol. XII, parts I and II, page 872.\nMaar Vitellius volk brak de ſchildpad door grote ſtéénen daar op te werpen, velde het volk, dat 'er order was, en maakte een ſchriklijke verwoeſting onder hen, die dus blóót en voor de vluchten ſtéénen en pijlen ongedekt waren.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "[…] but when the houses collapsed as they cracked, he called his soldiers with a loud voice, to rally around him and to lock their shields together to a so-called tortoise or testudo.",
          "ref": "1892, George Alfred Henty, Voor den Tempel. Een verhaal uit de eerste eeuw onzer jaartelling, page 137",
          "text": "[…] maar toen de huizen krakend instortten, riep hij met luide stem zijn soldaten, zich rondom hem te verzamelen en hun schilden aaneen te sluiten tot een zoogenaamde schildpad of testudo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "testudo formation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "testudo",
          "testudo"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, historical, rare) testudo formation"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "schildpadformatie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with obsolete senses",
        "Dutch terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Dutch quotations",
        "nl:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "1859, G. P. J. Mossel. Handleiding tot de kennis van het schip, wed. G. Hulst van Keulen (publ.), page 253.\nOm ruimte te winnen, naait men dus tegen den voorkant van dien mast eene groote schildpad met twee schijven boven elkander voor de kruisschoten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1888, A. E. Arkenbout Schokker, De samenstelling van schepen. Benevens eenige beschouwingen over vorm, afmetingen en verdeeling van gewichten, C. de Boer, jr, page 72",
          "text": "In een of meer schijfgaten in de schildpad zijn pokhouten of metalen schijven geplaatst, die om een verticalen ijzeren nagel draaien.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ship's block (one or more pulleys in a shell)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "ship's block",
          "ship's block"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, nautical) ship's block (one or more pulleys in a shell)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "klos"
        },
        {
          "word": "scheepsblok"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈsxɪl(t).pɑt/"
    },
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