"shield wall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shield walls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shield wall (plural shield walls)
  1. A "wall" of overlapping shields formed by medieval soldiers standing next to each other Wikipedia link: shield wall Translations (wall of overlapping shields): skjaldborg [feminine] (Old Norse)
    Sense id: en-shield_wall-en-noun-6GXApZM3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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