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lantern shield

lantern shield noun: a small shield combined with a lantern, used during the Italian Renaissance, especially for night-time duels.

Noun

lantern shield (plural lantern shields)

  1. (historical) A small shield combined with a lantern, used during the Italian Renaissance, especially for night-time duels.

Forms of lantern shield

plurallantern shields

Questions about lantern shield

What does lantern shield mean?
Lantern shield means a small shield combined with a lantern, used during the Italian Renaissance, especially for night-time duels.
What part of speech is lantern shield?
Lantern shield is a noun.
What is the plural of lantern shield?
The plural of lantern shield is lantern shields.

Words near lantern shield in the dictionary

  1. lantern of the dead
  2. lantern roof
  3. lantern roofs
  4. lantern shark
  5. lantern sharks
  6. lantern shield
  7. lantern shields
  8. lantern sleeve
  9. lantern sleeves
  10. lantern slide
  11. lantern slides

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