scutum

scutum englanniksi

1. An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.

2. A scute.

3. A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)

4. (quote-text)

5. One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

6. The kneecap.

7. a type of shield: the (l), the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry

8. a shield

9. (Q)

10. shield-bearing soldiers

11. a defense, protection, shelter