A shield is the name used to refer to any object or force used to block something. The oldest shield known was a device used to block hand weapons and...

The Canadian Shield, also called the Laurentian Plateau (French: Bouclier canadien), is a large area of exposed Precambrian, igneous and high-grade metamorphic...

The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is English football's yearly match held at Wembley Stadium. It is played between...

Icelandic shield volcano whose name means "broad shield," from its resemblance to a warrior's shield. Shield volcanoes are usually formed by lava that flows...

Shield bugs are the Acanthosomatidae, a family of Hemiptera. There are 55 genera, with about 200 species. It is one of the least varied families of bugs...

dished shield made of wood. Some shields had a thin sheet of bronze on the outer face. This was placed just around the rim. In some periods, the shield was...

A kite shield is a Middle Age shield in the shape of a kite. The kite shield was used by many knights and people for protection, but was given up for...

The Shield and the Sword (Russian: Щит и меч) is a 1968 Soviet movie directed by Vladimir Basov. It stars Stanislav Lyubshin, Oleg Yankovsky, and Georgy...

Pokémon Sword and Shield are the first set of games in the eighth generation of the Pokémon series. They released on the Nintendo Switch on November 15...

The Supporters' Shield is an award given to the MLS team that had the most points in the regular season. It was first given out in 1999 and has since been...

The Guiana Shield is a geographic region found in northeast South America. It is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a 1.7 billion-year-old...

The Shield is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan that aired on FX from March 12, 2002, to November 25, 2008. The series is...

male burial sites. The Witham shield and the Battersea shield are two of the most well-known Celtic shields. Celtic shields were usually oval or elongated...

A riot shield is a type of shield that is used by members of the police or the military to protect themselves from objects that are thrown at them, such...

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states...

The Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal), or sometimes known as the Dutch Super Cup, is a football trophy. It is named after former Dutch...

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower (BCBS) is located on the north end of Grant Park along E. Randolph Street at the NE corner of Randolph and Columbus Drive...

Operation Spring Shield (Turkish: Bahar Kalkanı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation at Syria by Turkey, which was in the Idlib region of northwest...

Captain America's shield is a fictional item appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is the primary defensive and offensive piece...

Operation Defensive Shield (Hebrew: מִבְצָע חוֹמַת מָגֵן, romanized: Mīvtzāh Ḥōmat Māgēn) was a 2002 Israeli military operation taking place in Israeli-occupied...

The Plunket Shield is the national first-class cricket championship of New Zealand. It was launched in 1906 by New Zealand Cricket (NZC). The trophy was...

The Shield were a professional wrestling stable in WWE. They are best known for their run from 2012 until 2014. The members of the stable were Dean Ambrose...

Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor is the first of two downloadable content expansion packs in the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass for...

00005163 The Australian Shield (or Western Plateau) is Australia's largest drainage division. It is mainly the old rock shield of Gondwana. It covers two...

Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra is an expansion pack for the 2019 role-playing video games Pokémon Sword and Shield. It was released on Nintendo...

The Scutum was a type of shield used by the Italic peoples. It was later adopted by the army of Ancient Rome. This short article about history can be made...

Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. She has been named one of People's most beautiful people in...

Human Shield (political party) is a political party from Croatia. Human Shield was brought together in June 2, 2011. This short article about politics...

definition for: coat of arms. A coat of arms is a unique design painted on a shield. These designs may be inherited, meaning that they pass from a father to...

shield protected himself and also gave some protection to the right arm of the man on his left. The word "hoplite" comes from the type of the shield used...

design and images remain true to the first. The center of the seal is a shield with a tranquil scene of a moose resting in a field bordered by water and...

North Shields is a coastal town. It is eight miles (13 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne, on the north bank of the River Tyne. It was part of Northumberland...

Cup FA Youth Cup FA Community Shield FA Futsal Cup Premier League Scottish Premiership FA Cup EFL Cup FA Community Shield Harvey, Adrian 2005. Football...

000 soldier losses. There were two military operations. Operation Desert Shield brought Western troops to protect Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf...

South Shields is a town in Tyne and Wear. It used to be a part of County Durham. It is at the mouth of the River Tyne. This short article about the United...

S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage, law enforcement, and counterterrorism agency of the federal government of the United States. They appeared in American...

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an American TV series and the first series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The series was created by Joss Whedon...

Willow Shields (born June 1, 2000) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Primrose Everdeen in all four of The Hunger Games movies...

the owl. She has a shield called Aegis, a gift from Zeus. Athena is often shown wearing her helmet and holding her shield. The shield later had Medusa's...

hotspot in the Earth's mantle. Mauna Loa is 4,196 meters tall. It is a shield volcano. The largest recent eruption from Mauna Loa left a lava trail 51...

Carol Ann Shields (June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American and Canadian author. She was best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries. The book...

King of Arms to give them a shield and arms. He gave a shield and arms to the County Council on 10 October 1890. The shield shows a bear chained to a wych-elm...

Savannah Janine "Savvy" Shields (born July 1, 1995) is an American beauty queen and Miss America 2017. She won the Miss America title on September 11...

Jake Shields (born January 9, 1979 in Mountain Ranch, California) is an American mixed martial artist. He is best known for his time fighting in the Ultimate...

2020. Shields was also a regular panelist on Inside Washington. Shields was moderator and panelist on CNN's Capital Gang for 17 years. Shields was born...

Above the shield is a sailing ship. Supporting the shield are a farmer on the left and a soldier on the right. The state motto, below the shield, reads "Liberty...

spears and shields. He says that his spears are so sharp that they could break through any shield. At the same time, he says that his shields are so strong...

away against Notts County and Newton Heath. The Sheriff of London Charity Shield was a football competition in England, which lasted from 1898 to 1907, it...

to stand for prosperity. Below the crest is a shield that has the actual coat of arms of Benin. The shield is broken into four quadrants. The top left quadrant...

multiple colors, including gold, blue, green and yellow. The banner above the shield in the coat of arms is red in color, with the text “State of West Virginia”...