kite shaped

Archæol.: (For def. see extract.) "We find the kite - shaped shield represented in the Bayeux tapestry; a curious example of it is engraved on a candlestick of the twelfth century, now in the collection at Good rich Court; and a still more conclusive instance is the remarkable group of warriors, each with nasal, spear, and kite - shaped shield, sculptured on the lintel of Fording ton Church, Dor chester, circ . 1120. Sir S. R. Meyrick conjectures that the Normans derived this shield from Sicily. There is, at any rate, good evidence