different between shield vs comble

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?ld/
• Rhymes: -i?ld

Etymology 1

From Middle English scheld, shelde, from Old English scield (“shield”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“cut, split”). Cognate with West Frisian skyld, Dutch schild (“shield”), German Schild (“shield”), Danish skjold (“shield”), Icelandic skjöldur (“shield”) and Faroese skjøldur (“shield”)

Compare Latin sc?tum (“shield”), Irish sciath (“shield”), Latgalian šk?da (“shield”), Lithuanian skydas (“shield”), Russian ??? (š?it, “shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, protect”), *skey- (“to cut, split”).

Noun

shield (plural shields)

1. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
   1. A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
   2. (figuratively) One who protects or defends.
   3. (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
   4. (mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
   5. (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
2. A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
   1. (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
   2. (Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A toilet seat.
   3. A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
   4. (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
   5. (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
   6. (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
3. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
   1. (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
4. (figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
5. (automotive, British) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision

Synonyms

• (place with a toilet seat): See Thesaurus:bathroom

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• bitch shield
• rape shield
• shield medick (Medicago scutellata)
• shield wall

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English shelden, from Old English scildan.

Verb

shield (third-person singular simple present shields, present participle shielding, simple past and past participle shielded)

1. To protect, to defend.
2. (Britain, intransitive) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

3. (electricity) to protect from the influence of

Derived terms

• beshield

Translations

Anagrams

• Diehls, delish, hidels, hidles, hields, ledish, sheild

English

Etymology

From French comble. Doublet of cumulus.

Noun

comble (plural combles)

1. (heraldry) A band along the top part of the shield, half the breadth of the chief.

Anagrams

• clombe

French

Etymology

From Old French cumble, inherited through a Vulgar Latin form *cumlu(s) from Latin cumulus. Doublet of cumulus, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??bl/

Noun

comble m (plural combles)

1. summit, peak (of a building)
2. (figuratively) pinnacle
3. overabundance; overload
4. (heraldry) comble

Derived terms

• de fond en comble

Adjective

comble (plural combles)

1. packed, heaving, crowded

Derived terms

• archicomble
• faire salle comble

Further reading

• “comble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French comble.

Noun

comble m (plural combles)

1. (heraldry) comble