Meaning of ঢাল in English

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.
One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
To shield; to defend.
The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.
A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
To ward off; to keep off or out.
To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Sloping.
In a sloping manner.
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
To depart; to disappear suddenly.