body shield

American  

noun

1. a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.

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Example Sentences

Last week the Ford Motor Co. showed off its answer: a 5-lb. padded plastic body shield called the "Tot Guard."

From Time Magazine Archive

I had my body shield activated, but surprisingly, no one took a shot at me.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

So far my own body shield was holding up, but it wasn’t going to last much longer.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

And a body shield, protector type, model GS/NO-10C.

From Millennium by Cole, Everett B.

Whistling ‘Tipperary,’ and placing the wallet and watch of his prostrate antagonist in the pocket of his body shield, Arthur strode onward to join his comrades at their evening meal in Houthulst Wood.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund