| 释义 |
ˈshield-board Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 4 cheld-brede, scheldbrede, 6 shel(d)brede, (sheldbredth), 7 shelboard, 7– shield-board, (9 dial. shell-board).
[f. shield n. + bred n., afterwards replaced by the cogn. and synon. board n. (Cf. shilboard.) (MHG. had schiltbret for wooden shield.)]
1. The mould-board of a plough.
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 169 L'eschuchoun [glossed the cheld-brede, v.r. (Rel. Ant.) sheldebred]. c1340Nominale (Skeat) 856 Vomer et escochoun Schare and scheldbrede. 1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §2 In Kente they haue other maner of plowes,..some wyll tourne the sheld⁓bredth at euery landes ende, and plowe all one waye. 1613Markham Eng. Husbandman i. Introd. B 3 b, The eighth part is called the shelboard. 1652W. Blithe Engl. Improv. Impr. (1653) 190 And the Shield-board, some call Breast⁓board, or Earth-board, or Furrow-board, I shall retaine the Shield board. 1725Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Plough, The names of the particular parts of a plough are these..Breast board, throw board, Shield board &c.
2. Antiq. A wooden shield.
1872Archæol. Cant. VIII. 223 Piles of shieldboards were found lying one above another..; bundles of arrows [etc.]. |