- (n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
- (n.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
- (n.) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax.
- (n.) A penthouse or awning.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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