Bible Dictionaries
Pelta

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.

(2):

(n.) A flat apothecium having no rim.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pelta'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pelta.html. 1828.