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shieldwall

Meaning of "shieldwall" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SHIELDWALL

ˈʃiːldˌwɔːl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIELDWALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shieldwall is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHIELDWALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shield wall

The wall, is a military tactic that was common in many cultures in the Pre-Early Modern warfare age. There were many slight variations of this tactic among these cultures, but in general, a shield wall was a "wall of shields" formed by soldiers standing in formation shoulder to shoulder, holding their shields so that they abut or overlap. Each man benefits from the protection of his neighbour's shield, usually the man to his right, as well as his own.

Definition of shieldwall in the English dictionary

The definition of shieldwall in the dictionary is a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers. Other definition of shieldwall is a protective wall.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIELDWALL

Aspinwall · breakwall · bundwall · caterwaul · Cornwall · drywall · floodwall · footwall · gadwall · hickwall · Kirkwall · Lindwall · longwall · multiwall · Rosewall · sidewall · stonewall · wall · whitewall · witwall

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIELDWALL

shied · shiel · shield · shield bug · shield cricket · shield fern · shield match · Shield of David · shield volcano · shielder · shieldless · shieldlike · shieldling · shieldrake · Shields · shieling · shier · shies · shiest · shift

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIELDWALL

brick wall · cavity wall · cell wall · climbing wall · drive to the wall · firewall · fly on the wall · go to the wall · go up the wall · hole in the wall · inwall · off-the-wall · party wall · paywall · perimeter wall · retaining wall · video wall · wall to wall · wall-to-wall · writing on the wall

Synonyms and antonyms of shieldwall in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shieldwall» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SHIELDWALL

Find out the translation of shieldwall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shieldwall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shieldwall» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

盾墙
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Shieldwall
570 millions of speakers
en

English

shieldwall
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

shieldwall
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shieldwall
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

shieldwall
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

shieldwall
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ঢাল প্রাচীর
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

mur de boucliers
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Shieldwall
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Schildwall
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

shieldwall
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

shieldwall
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tameng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shieldwall
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

shieldwall
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ढालॉल
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kalkan duvar
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

shieldwall
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

shieldwall
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

shieldwall
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

shieldwall
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shieldwall
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shieldwall
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shieldwall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shieldwall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shieldwall

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIELDWALL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of shieldwall
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shieldwall

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIELDWALL»

Discover the use of shieldwall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shieldwall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shieldwall
The year is 1016 and England burns while the Viking armies blockade the great city of London.
Justin Hill, 2011
2
The Shieldwall
The tale of Wild Edric - the making of a man and of a myth The skies of Anglo-Saxon England are black with the smoke of burning villages.
M. J. Hands, 2008
3
Beloved Pilgrim
Unwilling to settle for the passive life of a noblewoman, Elisabeth dons her late twin brother's armor and sets out for the Holy Land.
Nan Hawthorne, 2011
4
Romano-Byzantine Infantry Equipment
10. INFANTRY,. CAVALRY. AND. THE. SHIELDWALL ...to advance on foot, to concentrate on brave deeds and bold thoughts. The Bank ofMaldon, 3-4. It is easy to say that the hoplite had returned to the battlefield, but what exactly does it  ...
Ian P. Stephenson, 2006
5
The Druidry Handbook: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the ...
The fifty- year reprieve won by Arthur's battles allowed a shieldwall of Celtic kingdoms — Cornwall, Wales, Rheged, Dalriada, and others — to take shape amid the catastrophic implosion of Roman power. Behind that shieldwall lay Ireland, ...
John Michael Greer, 2006
6
The English Warrior: From Earliest Times to 1066
There followed an exchange of missiles - throwing-spears22 and arrows - with the aim of softening up the opposition, creating gaps in the shieldwall, demoralizing the opposing troops with heavy early losses. The bowmen were perhaps not ...
Stephen Pollington, 1996
7
Military Blunders: Wartime Fiascoes from the Roman Age ...
Opposite: This scale model of the Battle of Hastings, which is housed in the Tower of London, captures the climactic moment of the battle, as Norman cavalry bears down on the disordered Saxon shieldwall. forces rode William's knights, who ...
Steven Eden, 1995
8
Tolkien's mythology for England: a Middle-Earth companion
The shieldwall was the standard Anglo-Saxon military formation - a line of infantrymen with shields held before them, their spears presenting a hedge of points to keep back any attacker. Though a strong formation, it could be vulnerable to ...
Edmund Wainwright, 2004
9
Arise a Hero
Past the twist in the valley, a large contingent of men had pulled themselves up from their prone position and created another shieldwall blocking the exhausted men's advance whilst the Tanarian archers behind peppered the front rows of the  ...
Wayne Schreiber, Alan Robson, 2011
10
The Oathsworn Series Books 1 to 5
He hurled himselfatthe apex ofthe rough triangle, but he was no Skapti and it loose. came in far toofast and There wasno firm shieldwall to hit, though. We ploughed,roaring, through men who were alreadyscattering in alldirections, jogged past ...
Robert Low, 2014

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIELDWALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shieldwall is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brasileiros vencem prêmio de criação de jogos mais prestigiado do …
A dupla brasileira levou a melhor este ano com o jogo Shieldwall. Nele, os jogadores precisam conquistar três dos cinco territórios do tabuleiro. Para isso, têm ... «Revista Época Negócios, Sep 13»
2
Underground Brawler's Guild fighting clubs for World of Warcraft
There are daily quests on the shore of the Karasang Wilds to collect, or reputation quests for Alliance faction Operation: Shieldwall and Horde faction Dominance ... «Eurogamer.net, Oct 12»
3
Mass Effect 3: Neues Bounty-Wochenende "Operation Shieldwall"
25.05.2012 um 12:18 Uhr: Im kooperativen Spiel von Mass Effect 3 wartet ein neues Bounty-Wochenende auf Euch. In Operation Shieldwall müssen alle ... «Buffed.de, May 12»
4
Mass Effect 3: Multiplayer-Event Operation Shieldwall startet am …
24.05.2012 um 13:50 Uhr: Diesen Freitag startet eine neue Spezialaktion für den Mass Effect 3-Mehrspielermodus. Das Event names Operation Shieldwall ... «PC Games, May 12»
5
Mass Effect 3 Operation Shieldwall Will Punish Players
The player community's collective goal during Shieldwall is to promote 50,000 characters. The goal for individual squads is to promote 3 characters. Completing ... «Cinema Blend, May 12»
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Mass Effect 3, Resurgence Pack: utenza PlayStation 3 esclusa dalle …
L'Operation Shieldwall, che debutterà in 'circostanze speciali' e sarà aperta, ovviamente, a tutto il pubblico – da quello di PlayStation 3 a quello di Personal ... «Games4all, Apr 12»
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Questions for 'Shieldwall' Author Justin Hill
His latest, “Shieldwall,” released in May, is a historical novel set in 11th-century England, shortly before the Norman Conquest. The book received glowing ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 11»
8
Shieldwall, By Justin Hill
Shieldwall is the story of how Harold Godwin rose from being the son of a comparatively obscure and exiled thane to become the most powerful man in England ... «The Independent, Jun 11»
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