SCUTUM

Scutum

Scutum is the Latin word for "shield", although it has in modern times come to be specifically associated with the rectangular, semi-cylindrical body shield carried by Roman legionaries.

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scutum

Noun

  1. An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.
  2. A scute.
  3. One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
  4. A penthouse or awning.


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