'Shielded' definitions:

Definition of 'shielded'

From: WordNet
adjective
(used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury

Definition of 'Shielded'

From: GCIDE
  • Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shielding.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See Shield, n.]
  • 1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. [1913 Webster]
  • Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To ward off; to keep off or out. [1913 Webster]
  • They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak. [1913 Webster]