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testudo
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TESTUDO
n.[L.] A tortoise. Among the Romans, a cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards and moved on wheels. 1. In medicine, a broad soft tumor between the skull and the skin, called also talpa or mole, as resembling the subterraneous windings of the tortoise or mole.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TESTUDO
Tes *tu "do, n.; pl. Testudines. Etym: [L., from testa the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Græca ) and the gopher of the Southern United States.
2. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.
3. (Mus. )
Defn: A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
New American Oxford Dictionary
testudo
tes tu do |teˈst (y )o͞odō tɛˈstudoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. testudos or testudines |-dnˌēz | ) (in ancient Rome ) a screen on wheels and with an arched roof, used to protect besieging troops. • a protective screen formed by a body of troops holding their shields above their heads in such a way that the shields overlap. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘tortoise, ’ from testa ‘tile, shell. ’
Oxford Dictionary
testudo
testudo |tɛˈstjuːdəʊ, -ˈstuː -| ▶noun ( pl. testudos or testudines |-dɪniːz | ) (in ancient Rome ) a wheeled screen with an arched roof, used to protect besieging troops. • a protective screen formed by a body of troops holding their shields above their heads in such a way that the shields overlap. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘tortoise ’, from testa ‘tile, shell ’.
Duden Dictionary
Testudo
Tes tu do Substantiv, feminin , die |Test u do |die Testudo; Genitiv: der Testudo, Plural: die Testudines |[…dineːs ] |lateinisch ; »Schildkröte «1 Geschichte bei Belagerungen verwendetes Schutzdach 2 Verband zur Ruhigstellung des gebeugten Knie- oder Ellbogengelenks; Schildkrötenverband 3 a (bei den Römern ) Lyra 1 b (vom 15. bis 17. Jahrhundert ) Laute
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