gunshield

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noun

A shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator.

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Meanings

noungunshield (plural gunshields)

plural gunshields

  1. governmentA shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator.

    Junge and his two petty officers had been blown to pieces: the high-explosive shell had come right through the iron gunshield supposed to protect them.

    2005, Giles Foden, Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika, Penguin UK

Origin

From gun + shield.

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Cite this entry
APA

gunshield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunshield

MLA

“gunshield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunshield. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunshield,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunshield.

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