Meanings
adverbshieldwise (comparative more shieldwise, superlative most shieldwise)
comparative more shieldwise · superlative most shieldwise
- In the manner of a shield; as a protective barrier.
The dog immediately bristled up, and I had just time to take off my hat, and hold it shieldwise in self-defence, when he came on and made directly at it.
1844, Charles Waterton, Essays on natural history, chiefly ornithology, page 114
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