n. (pl. -os or testudines) Rom.Hist.
1. a screen formed by a body of troops in close array with overlapping shields.
2 a movable screen to protect besieging troops.
Etymology: L testudo -dinis, lit. 'tortoise' (as TEST(2))
n. (pl. -os or testudines) Rom.Hist.
1. a screen formed by a body of troops in close array with overlapping shields.
2 a movable screen to protect besieging troops.
Etymology: L testudo -dinis, lit. 'tortoise' (as TEST(2))
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012