(historical) A decorated leather shield used by many North American native warriors, believed to protect its owner with its magic power.

(US, law) legislation designed to provide a news reporter with the right to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information obtained during the news gathering and dissemination process.

Any of various laws barring a defendant on a criminal charge of rape from introducing evidence that goes to the alleged rape victim's sexual behavior unrelated to the encounter from which the charge arose.

(archaic, rare, nonstandard) A turtle or tortoise.

(space science) A shield designed of a substance that absorbs excessive heat from an outside source by either dissipating, reflecting or simply absorbing the heat.

plural of shielding constant

A room which has protection against various external interferences (e.g. electromagnetic signals) for critical application use.

(neologism) White people who make a formation around black people in order to protect them from racist violence.

Alternative form of windshield

(Canada, US)