testudo
tes·tudo
noun
1.
a movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification
2.
type genus of the Testudinidae
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”).
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