gunshield

Etymology

From gun + shield.

gunshield means A shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.

noun

A shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator.“Junge and his two petty officers had been blown to pieces: the high-explosive shell had come right through the iron gunshield supposed to protect them.”