TESTUDO


Meaning of TESTUDO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tes-ˈtü-(ˌ)dō, -ˈtyü- ]

noun

( plural -dos )

Etymology: Latin testudin-, testudo, 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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