schild
See also: Schild
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schilt, from Old Dutch skilt, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu (“shield”), from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sxɪlt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schild
- Rhymes: -ɪlt
Noun
schild n (plural schilden, diminutive schildje n)
- shield
- shell, carapace, cuttlebone or scale
- (obsolete, nautical) A protective balustrade behind and on both sides of the bowsprit.
- (dated, dialectal) signboard
Middle English
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