1. (n.) A small shield.
2. (n.) An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
3. (n.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
Thesaurus Entries
Philistinism, aegis, armament, armature, armor plate, bard, beaver, body armor, brassard, breastplate, buckler, bulletproof vest, callosity, callousness, callus, chain armor, chain mail, chitin, cloak, coat of mail, coif, corselet, cortex, cover, cuirass, elytron, episperm, flintiness, formidable defenses, gas mask, gauntlet, guard, habergeon, hard heart, hard shell, hardenedness, hardheartedness, hardness, hardness of heart, harness, hauberk, headpiece, heart of stone, helm, helmet, imperviousness, induration, insensitiveness, insensitivity, inuredness, jamb, lorica, lorication, mail, mantle, nasal, needles, obduracy, obdurateness, panoply, pericarp, plate, plate armor, protection, protective covering, rhinoceros hide, rondel, safeguard, screen, scute, scutum, security, shell, shelter, shield, shroud, spines, stoniness, suit of armor, test, testa, thick skin, veil, visor, ward
