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gunshield

noun

Etymology

From gun + shield.

  1. derived from *(s)kelH-✻ — “cut, split”
  2. inherited from *skelduz✻ — “shield”
  3. inherited from *skeldu✻
  4. inherited from scield — “shield”
  5. inherited from scheld
  6. compounded as gunshield — “gun + shield”

Definitions

  1. A shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator.

    • Junge and his two petty officers had been blown to pieces: the high-explosive shell had come right through the iron gunshield supposed to protect them.

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