shield wall

Noun

Meaning

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shield wall (plural shield walls)

A "wall" of overlapping shields formed by medieval soldiers standing next to each other

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The preachers tell us that pride is a great sin, but the preachers are wrong. Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die. Bernard Cornwell

Although 12th-century sources state that the archers were ordered to shoot at a high angle to shoot over the front of the shield wall, there is no trace of such an action in the more contemporary accounts. Source: Internet

The housecarls were replaced with members of the fyrd, and the shield wall held. Source: Internet

If the Normans could send their cavalry against the shield wall and then draw the English into more pursuits, breaks in the English line might form. Source: Internet

Spearmen would deploy in tightly packed rows to form a shield wall with their spears pointing forwards. Source: Internet

The English formed a shield wall, with the front ranks holding their shields close together or even overlapping to provide protection from attack. Source: Internet

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