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sheltron
▪ I. † ˈsheltron1 Obs. Forms: 1 scyld-, scildtruma, scyl-, sceltruma, 3 sceld-trome, -trume, soltrome, -trume, 4 schiltron, -trum, -trun, -t(e)roun, (childrome), scheltroun, (cheltroun), s(c)heltrome, -trun, -trum, scheld(es)trome, (schetrome), sheltrone, shil-, shyltroun, shultrom, scholtrom, -trum...
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Schiltron
A schiltron (also spelled sheltron, sceld-trome, schiltrom, or shiltron) is a compact body of troops forming a battle array, shield wall or phalanx.
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shelter | Etymology of shelter by etymonline
Aug 22, 2022shelter (n.) 1580s, "structure affording protection," also figurative; 1590s, "state of being sheltered;" a word of disputed origin, possibly an alteration of Middle English sheltroun, sheltron, sheldtrume "roof or wall formed by locked shields," also "group of soldiers in tight battle formation, a wing of an army," from Old English scyldtruma ...
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Company of Death
They fought as phalanx in a Sheltron formation around their "Sacred wagon", armed with a large shield and a lanzalonga.
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shelter
▪ I. shelter, n. (ˈʃɛltə(r)) Also 6 shealter, 7 shelture. [Of obscure origin; possibly f. sheld shield v. + -ture in imitation of words like jointure. The common view that the word is an altered form of sheltron seems untenable. Sheltron became obsolete in the 15th c., and shelter has not been found...
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trume
▪ I. † trume, trome, n. Obs. Forms: 1 truma; 3–4 trume, trome, (4 trun; cf. sheltron1). [OE. truma, app. a derivative of the adj. trum firm, strong, able to resist (neither truma nor trum appears outside English.) Notwithstanding a suspicious likeness in form and sense to L. turma ‘troop, squadron, ...
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