schild

From Middle Dutch schilt, from Old Dutch skilt, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu (“shield”), from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”).

• IPA^(key): /sxɪlt/

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• Hyphenation: schild
• Rhymes: -ɪlt

schild n (plural schilden, diminutive schildje n)

1. shield
2. shell, carapace, cuttlebone or scale
3. (obsolete, nautical) a protective balustrade behind and on both sides of the bowsprit
4. (dated, dialectal) signboard

• Negerhollands: skild
• → Papiamentu: schild (dated)

schild

1. Alternative form of sheld