sheltron
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sheltron
- /ˈʃɛltɹən/ US, UK
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PIE word
*dóru
From Middle English scheltroun, sheltroun (“group of soldiers or army in fighting formation, phalanx; battle, fighting; group of warships, fleet; (by extension) line or row of bones”) [and other forms], from Old English sċieldtruma (“company of soldiers, phalanx; covering; shed, shelter; tortoise”) [and other forms], from sċield (“shield; (figuratively) protection”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut; to separate, split”)) + truma (“band or troop of men”) (possibly from trum (“firm, strong; stable, steadfast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“firm, hard, solid; strong; tree”), *dóru (“tree”)).
Doublet of shelter (which is the less conservative of the two).
noun sheltrons · cheldrome · childrome · sheltrum · schiltrom
- A compact body of troops forming a battle array or phalanx, especially such a body of Scottish troops armed with pikes during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The ſheltron of the foremen of the fyrſt ſort, ſhalbe ſet in the ryght corner, and wete thou well that cohort is not ellis but the numbre of fyfty hundred knyghtis, and eṽry legion is ten comportes. Than as I ſaid before, the ſheltron of foremen of the fyrſt cohort, ſhude be ſet in the fyr[ſ]t corne
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Talk about this word "sheltron." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sheltron. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sheltron. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sheltron "sheltron." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sheltron.Cite this
@misc{sheltron_2026,
title = {sheltron},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sheltron},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
