矢や盾たて

noun

wooden shield (against arrows); mantlet

Historical term for a portable wooden shield or mantlet used to protect against arrows in pre-modern warfare.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの合かっ戦せんでは、矢や盾たてが弓ゆみ矢やから兵へい士しを守まもるために使つかわれた。

  In battles of the Warring States period, wooden shields were used to protect soldiers from arrows.