TESTUDO


Meaning of TESTUDO in English

noun (plural -dos) Etymology: Latin testudin-, ~, literally, tortoise, tortoise shell; akin to Latin testa shell Date: 1609 a cover of overlapping shields or a shed wheeled up to a wall used by the ancient Romans to protect an attacking force

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