wooden shield (against arrows); mantlet
Historical term for a portable wooden shield or mantlet used to protect against arrows in pre-modern warfare.
In battles of the Warring States period, wooden shields were used to protect soldiers from arrows.
Standard kanji spelling for this historical term.
Variant kanji spelling using 楯 instead of 盾; both are used for 'shield'.
Compound of 矢 (ya, 'arrow') and 盾 (tate, 'shield'). The reading やたて is a straightforward combination of the two elements.