scutum.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A scute.
A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum).
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
The kneecap.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin scūtum (“shield”). Doublet of escudo, scudo, scute, and écu.
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