"shield wall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shield walls [plural]
Etymology: See Old English sċieldweall, with the same meaning. Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|sċieldweall}} Old English sċieldweall Head templates: {{en-noun}} shield wall (plural shield walls)
  1. A "wall" of overlapping shields formed by medieval soldiers standing side-by-side. Translations (wall of overlapping shields): skjaldborg [feminine] (Old Norse), parede de escudos [feminine] (Portuguese), murada de escudos [feminine] (Portuguese), sköldborg [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shield_wall-en-noun-MDiTcWHE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'wall of overlapping shields': 94 6
  2. (figurative) An impenetrable barrier. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-shield_wall-en-noun-s75maxwl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Old Norse translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 33 67

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