Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike. · An inward projection of the tympanic membrane of the ear. · One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell. · A bump or protrusion on the cap of a mushroom or toadstool.
Borrowed from Latin umbō (“a shield boss”). Doublet of umbone.
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