"sap shield" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1884, George Philips, Text Book on Fortification, Etc: For the Use of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst",
          "text": "The junctions of the gabions, as well as the most advanced gabion before it is filled, are covered by means of Knight's sap shields (steel plates mounted on wheels, see Fig. 382), which move along the berm, the front one fitting close against the sap roller.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A metal plate that shelters a sapper."
      ],
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        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ],
        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ],
        [
          "sapper",
          "sapper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) A metal plate that shelters a sapper."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
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  "word": "sap shield"
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      "form": "sap shields",
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          "ref": "1884, George Philips, Text Book on Fortification, Etc: For the Use of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst",
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      ],
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        "A metal plate that shelters a sapper."
      ],
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          "metal",
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          "plate",
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          "shelter",
          "shelter"
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          "sapper",
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        "(military) A metal plate that shelters a sapper."
      ],
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        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
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  "word": "sap shield"
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