1. Munir par précaution ; précautionner ; garantir.
Nous lisons , dans les documents, qu'en 1760, on vitriolait la semence avant de la jeter dans les champs. Ce fut M. de Chalvet-Rochemonteix qui apprit aux paysans à se prémunir contre les ravages de la carie dans les grains par le sulfatage de la semence, dont les résultats furent souverains.
(Abbé Henri-Dominique Larrondo, Monographie de la commune de Merville (Haute-Garonne), dans Monographies de communes, concours ouvert en 1897 par la Société des agriculteurs de France, Paris & Lille : J. Lefort - A. Taffin-Lefort, successeur, 1898, p.96)
2. [noun] Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
3. [noun] A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
4. [noun] Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
5. [noun] (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
6. [noun] (mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
7. [noun] (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
8. [noun] Something shaped like a shield, usually an inverted triangle with slightly curved lower sides.
9. [noun] (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
10. [noun] A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
11. [noun] (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
12. [noun] (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
13. [noun] (colloquial) (law enforcement) A police badge.
14. [noun] (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
15. [noun] (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
16. [verb] To protect, to defend.
17. [verb] (electricity) to protect from the influence of
18. [noun] A protective covering or structure.
19. [noun] Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows.
20. [noun] Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.
21. [verb] Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm.
22. [verb] Hold back a thought or feeling about; 'She is harboring a grudge against him'.