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防楯 (ぼうじゅん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

防ぼう楯じゅん

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Meanings

1

noun

gun shield; artillery shield

military

Military term for a protective shield mounted on a gun, especially artillery pieces, to protect the crew from small-arms fire and shell fragments.

砲ほう兵へいは防ぼう楯じゅんの陰かげに身みを隠かくした。
The artillerymen took cover behind the gun shield.

Kanji

防ward off, defend, protect
楯shield, buckler, pretext

Etymology

Compound of 防 (bō, 'defense') and 楯 (jun, 'shield'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with its meaning.