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Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. Rocky mountain sheep.(Zoöl.) See Bighorn. -- Maned sheep. (Zoöl.) See Aoudad. -- Sheep bot (Zoöl.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See Estrus. -- Sheep dog (Zoöl.), a shepherd dog, or collie. -- Sheep laurel (Bot.),…

A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. Pope.

Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.

lls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler. Now put your shields before your hearts and fight, With hearts more proof than shields. Shak.

Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- Shield"less*ly, adv. -- Shield"less*ness, n.

An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.

That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment. Piers Plowman. Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. Sandys.

The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.

g the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.

Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. Totten.

hich fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.

A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled…

A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.

Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.

s near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under…

A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.

To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady. [Colloq.] Goldsmith.