shieldwise
In the manner of a shield; as a protective barrier.
Adverb
- In the manner of a shield; as a protective barrier.
- The dog immediately bristled up, and I had just time to take off my hat, and hold it shieldwise in self-defence, when he came on and made directly at it. - 1844, Charles Waterton, Essays on natural history, chiefly...
Origin
From shield + -wise.