testudo

[ te-stoo-doh, -styoo- ]

/ tɛˈstu doʊ, -ˈstyu- /

noun, plural tes·tu·di·nes [te-stood-n-eez, -styood-]. /tɛˈstud nˌiz, -ˈstyud-/.

(among the ancient Romans) a movable shelter with a strong and usually fireproof arched roof, used for protection of soldiers in siege operations.

a shelter formed by overlapping oblong shields, held by soldiers above their heads.

Origin of testudo

1350–1400 for earlier sense “tumor”; 1600–10 for def. 1; Middle English <Latin testūdō tortoise, tortoise shell, siege engine; akin to test²

Words nearby testudo

test-tube baby, test-tube skin, test types, testudinal, testudinate, testudo, testy, Tet, tetanic, tetaniform, tetanigenous

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Example sentences from the Web for testudo

In length it was only one-third greater than Testudo elephantina of the Galapagos Islands.
Extinct Monsters|H. N. Hutchinson
Among the more important genera are Dermochelys, Chelone, and Testudo.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
Hibbard's Testudo riggsi (Hibbard, 1944) is the best known of these smaller turtles.
Pliocene and Pleistocene Records of Fossil Turtles from Western Kansas and Oklahoma|Edwin C. Galbreath
The sow was a military engine, resembling the Roman testudo.
Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)|Walter Scott

At the first hour of the day a cohort advanced in slow march on the ground thus made, forming the testudo (Fig. 13).
Annals of a Fortress|E. Viollet-le-Duc

British Dictionary definitions for testudo

testudo

/ (tɛˈstjuːdəʊ) /

noun plural -dines (-dɪˌniːz)

a form of shelter used by the ancient Roman Army for protection against attack from above, consisting either of a mobile arched structure or of overlapping shields held by the soldiers over their heads

Word Origin for testudo

C17: from Latin: a tortoise, from testa a shell

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单词	testudo
释义	testudo [ te-stoo-doh, -styoo- ] / tɛˈstu doʊ, -ˈstyu- / noun, plural tes·tu·di·nes [te-stood-n-eez, -styood-]. /tɛˈstud nˌiz, -ˈstyud-/. (among the ancient Romans) a movable shelter with a strong and usually fireproof arched roof, used for protection of soldiers in siege operations. a shelter formed by overlapping oblong shields, held by soldiers above their heads. Origin of testudo 1350–1400 for earlier sense “tumor”; 1600–10 for def. 1; Middle English <Latin testūdō tortoise, tortoise shell, siege engine; akin to test² Words nearby testudo test-tube baby, test-tube skin, test types, testudinal, testudinate, testudo, testy, Tet, tetanic, tetaniform, tetanigenous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for testudo In length it was only one-third greater than Testudo elephantina of the Galapagos Islands. Extinct Monsters\|H. N. Hutchinson Among the more important genera are Dermochelys, Chelone, and Testudo. The Vertebrate Skeleton\|Sidney H. Reynolds Hibbard's Testudo riggsi (Hibbard, 1944) is the best known of these smaller turtles. Pliocene and Pleistocene Records of Fossil Turtles from Western Kansas and Oklahoma\|Edwin C. Galbreath The sow was a military engine, resembling the Roman testudo. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)\|Walter Scott At the first hour of the day a cohort advanced in slow march on the ground thus made, forming the testudo (Fig. 13). Annals of a Fortress\|E. Viollet-le-Duc British Dictionary definitions for testudo testudo / (tɛˈstjuːdəʊ) / noun plural -dines (-dɪˌniːz) a form of shelter used by the ancient Roman Army for protection against attack from above, consisting either of a mobile arched structure or of overlapping shields held by the soldiers over their heads Word Origin for testudo C17: from Latin: a tortoise, from testa a shell Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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