The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCUTUM which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1955.
Leather shield of Roman infantry crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCUTUM | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Leather shield of Roman infantry
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- scutum
- lorica
- line
- helmet
- legion
- covers
- piece
- piecing
- cohort
- palatine
- pile
Crossword Answer definitions
SCUTUM noun- An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.
- A scute.
- A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum)
- One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
- The kneecap.
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