SHIELD (2)

shield (2). Shield, v.t. to protect, defend, keep, secure, cover

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Shield (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shielding.] [[AS. scidan, scyldan. See Shield, n.]] 1. 1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield. Dryden. A woman's shape doth shield thee. Shak. 2. 2. To ward off; to keep off or out.
They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured. Spenser. 3. 3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
God shield that it should so befall. Chaucer. God shield I should disturb devotion! Shak.