Concept in Definition ABC

When we talk about a shield We may be referring to two very specific and dissimilar questions, even though they share the word that designates them. On the one hand a shield is that tool made of wood, metal or leather that was once used with a strictly defensive function, that is, to protect the physical integrity of those people who were in combat. It was generally carried on the left arm, since the right he was left free in order to exert the counterattack. In the case of left-handers, of course, the question was reversed.

Since time immemorial all those people, regardless of their culture and who dedicated their lives to the defense of a Nation They have used the shield as a protection tool against the weapons thrown by the enemy.

For example in the Byzantine Empire The oval shield was common, then, already in the 10th century, it adopted the same shape of an almond with a very sharp lower part to be able to nail it to the ground when stopping with the troops. Then would come the equilateral triangular shape with some sophistication like fur or fancy inlays.

Meanwhile, in our days, although the shield is not part of the uniform or mandatory weapons that the forces of safety, in special cases such as intervention in some prison riot or in some manifestation, the police continue to use them to defend themselves. Moreover, current shields are designed in such a way so that they can cover almost the entire body of a policeman and in this way exercise reliably the protective function for which they were created and prevent both bullets and any other blunt element from achieving their end hurt the policeman. Most of these, in their external appearance, are much more sober than that of dozens of years ago where it was common to find shields inlaid with precious stones.

And on the other side, the term shield also refers to the emblem of arms of a country, a city, a family, corporation and association that serve as identification in some special context. Generally when we are in front of the coat of arms of a family or corporation they are used in their design some images that characterize the family or corporation in question.