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headshield

noun

Etymology

From head + 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 headshield — “head + shield”

Definitions

  1. A helmet or similar covering that protects the head.

    • Two new molded fiber-glass plastic headshields for weldors are reported to offer the user lighter weight comfort with complete head protection from the welding arc and spatter.

  2. A cephalon of a trilobite.

    • Trilobites have a distinct headshield or cephalon and a distinct tailshield or pygidium, and in both these regions the original segmentation has been suppressed — more completely in the cephalon than in the pygidium — and [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA