buffalo shield

noun

A traditional, sacred protective shield made by Indigenous Plains tribes using thick buffalo rawhide.

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nounbuffalo shield (plural buffalo shields)

plural buffalo shields

  1. A traditional, sacred protective shield made by Indigenous Plains tribes using thick buffalo rawhide.

    In those battles there was the proud waving of eagle-feathered war bonnets and the strong courage of warriors who dared to carry a sacred buffalo shield, although a man who carried one was pledged not to retreat.

    1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Scars of Honor; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 142
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