His effigies rest on a low couch on the top of the sarcophagus, two genii support shields at his head and feet; there is a group in relief, representing Charity, and in the lunette a medallion of the Virgin and Child.
They told him that there was a country many leagues west of them, of marvellous luxuriance and beauty, where gold was found in such abundance that the warriors had massive shields and helmets made of that precious metal.
They came in true military style: several warriors standing at the bows and stern of each boat, with large shields of buffalo hides on their left arms, and with bows and arrows in their hands.
Taking up two beautiful and large and bright shieldsmade of bull's hide, and two naked swords, they careered on the field.
And shields and armour formed its boats, and the hair of warriors its floating moss and weeds.
Teeming as this ocean-like host doth with ploughshare and darts and maces and shields and scimitars and swords and lances and foremost of shafts, I will today agitate this ocean.
Foot-soldiers also, O hero, bearing bows and shields and slain in hundreds and thousands are lying on the ground, bathed in blood and clasping the earth with every limb and their locks smeared with dust.
And some of these were eased in corslets made of iguana skin and some held bows and shafts, and some held swords or shields or iron hooks and reins; and some, lances of battle axes.
And he took away with him the splendour of our swords and darts, rapiers and car-fences, and shields and ornaments.
We drew up a scheme for using shields of gun wagons spread out over the awning to lend additional protection.
We discussed her defences and I worked out the number of gun shields that would be necessary if they were utilized to cover all her deck.
They rebuked him, and bringing him shields and a lance, proceeded to tie him up so tightly with shields behind and shields before that he could scarcely move.
The defenders of the castle had come to take their pleasure along the strand with their lances only in their hands, their shields locked close in front of them, for they bore no arms but these.
About all but one they are mistaken; but even like a man who dreams, who believes a lie instead of truth, the shields made them believe that this lie was true.
Of all this, King Arthur's host who were without, knew not a word; but in the morning when the battle was ended they had found their shields among the bodies; and the Greeks were raising a very loud lamentation for their lord but wrongly.
All grant him his will: they go and seize theshields from the Dead; and they arrive with this equipment.
And the folk of the castle had mounted to the battlements of the tower, for they recognised the shields full well and think that they belong to their own men; for they were unsuspicious of the ambush which lurks beneath the shields.
But the shields lie one and all; for of their men there was but one slain who was named, Neriolis.
Let us change our insignia," quoth he; "let us take shields and lances from the traitors that we have slain.
When they had hung the shields from their necks, and taken the lances blazoned in quarterings; they all at once rush on to the ford; and the enemy lower their lances and ride quickly to strike them.
The other shields too cause them much sorrow by reason whereof they think that the bodies are those of their comrades; and they swoon and lament over them.
From his post of vantage he saw Cliges riding with three other striplings who were taking their pleasure, carrying lances and shields in order to tilt and to disport themselves.
At the first encounter, they pierce shields and shatter lances, cut girths, break stirrups; the steeds stand bereft of those who fall upon the field.
The shields of the savages of this region may have been made of the hide of the buffalo, although the range of this animal was far to the northwest of them.
A generation later, Anna Comnena, the daughter of the Byzantine emperor, describing the shields of the French knights who came to Constantinople, tells us that their polished faces were plain.
Shields or charges divided crosswise with a downward line and a line athwart are said to be quarterly.
From the beginning of the 13th century arms upon shields increase in number.
More than thirty of the mantles enamelled on the stall-plates of the medieval Garter-knights are of red with an ermine lining, tinctures which in most cases have no reference to the shields below them.
The famous record of the Bayeux tapestry shows shields which in some cases suggest rudely devised armorial bearings, but in no case can a shield be identified as one which is recognized in the generations after the Conquest.
There are, however, earlier examples ofshields of arms than any of these.
Bendy shields follow the rule of shields paly and barry, but as many as ten pieces have been counted in them.
The Vipont ring or annelet is in several shields of Westmorland knights, and the cheverons of Clare, the cinquefoil badge of Beaumont and the sheaves of Chester can be traced in the coats of many of the followers of those houses.
Montagu, earl of Salisbury, bore a fesse engrailed or indented of three fusils only, very few shields imitating this.
Greek and Roman poets describe the devices borne on the shields of heroes, and many such painted shields are pictured on antique vases.
But indented chiefs do not change their fashion, although many saw-teeth sometimes take the place of the three or four strong points of early arms, and parti-coloured shields whose party line is indented never lose the bold zig-zag.
The ashen spears then sped, stuck in the shields With their keen points, and down on the white shields The heavy axes rang with sounding blows, Shattering their rims, the flesh behind stood firm.
Into the hall upon them the fire-flakes thickly fell; These with their shields they warded warily and well.
There are several shields of arms to be found in three of the subjects, and these have given rise to long dissertations by writers on heraldry.
The rims and bosses of their shields were of iron, while the body was sometimes formed of wood, and covered with leather.
They wore helmets, had wooden shields covered with leather, rimmed, and bossed with iron, had a kind of ringed armour to defend the breast, and such weapons as we have frequently made mention of in our descriptions of the battles.
There is no question as to William's meaning, for a testudo ofshields is excellent Latin for the shield-wall formed by the Romans against a flight of arrows.
According to the extent and the nature of the productive property it could be computed how many shields were to be furnished by each estate, according to the gradually fixed proportion of a £20 ground-rent.
Miss Norgate follows him, writing: 'The wild Celts of Galloway dashed headlong upon the English front, only to find their spears and javelins glance off from the helmets and shields of the knights as from an iron wall.
HENRY FERNE, inlaid with five shields in brass, surrounded with an inscription.
Hannibal in his victories lost almost nobody but Gauls, his cannon-fodder, who fought with poor shields and without armor.
Soon they accustomed themselves to this valorous but not tenacious spirit of their enemies, and when they had protected the top of their shields with an iron band, they no longer fell, and the rôles were changed.
They were protected by iron cuirasses and had shields of an astonishing whiteness.
Now the arrow storm swept on us, and all the air seemed dark with shafts which dimpled the sea like a hailstorm, and clanged on our shields and smote the decks with a sharp click from end to end of the vessel.
The South Shieldslifeboat made towards her, succeeded in getting alongside, and rescued the crew.
He hastened with ten thousand shields to the plain, and by sheer force and numbers bore the Britons back to the wood, for they were not mighty enough to contend against him in the field.
They mounted on their fairest destriers, vested in hauberks of steel, with laced helmets, and shields hung round their necks.
Shields were hewn asunder; spears snapped like reeds; the wounded were trampled beneath men's feet, and many a warrior died that day.
The 6th Company, the old Columbian Artillery commanded by Cass, together with the Webster Artillery and Shields Artillery of the 5th, were actually disbanded.
One of the three shields above this doorway has a similar significance.
There is an example in Xenophon: “Clashing their shields together they pushed, they fought, they slew, they fell.
So Tig and his companions packed their stores and took their arms, their best bows and all their war-arrows and their shields of wickerwork covered with hide; and pitched their camp up in the hills.
But their chief rushed down their ranks shouting to them not to give way, but to take their shields and advance.
A quick check showed the crew at their stations, the torpedo hatches clear, the antiradiation shields up and the ship in fighting trim.
The antiradiation shields on the gun turrets and launchers were folded back exactly according to regulations.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shields" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
