Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shielding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shielded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shielding}.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See {Shield}, n.]
1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger;
to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To
see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden.
A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak.
2. To ward off; to keep off or out.
They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to
shield the cold to which they had been inured.
--Spenser.
3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory
exclamation, forbid! [Obs.]
God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer.
God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shielding
adj : actively protective; "provided covering fire for the platoon
that was moving up" [syn: {covering}]
n 1: the act of shielding from harm
2: a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to
radiation emitted in nuclear decay
3: shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates
designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient
electromagnetic interference
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