a shield is spelled "un bouclier" in French
Assuming that you're referring to ice hockey, the French term for a goalie's blocker is a "bouclier" (shield), sometimes called a "plaque" (I assume this is a French Canadian term)
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Saltire is a "heraldic" term and refers to a diagonal cross on a shield. This is often seen on old British coins where the shield may be a cruciform shield and the saltire a cross of sceptres of perhaps even swords, pikes or tridents. The term comes from 14th century Old French "sauteour", being a cross-shaped barricade.
The early settlers of the Canadian Shield were the French, English, Scottish, and British.
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The Guiana Shield is the area of uplands stretching from Venezuela to French Guiana. The higher elevations occuping much of the shield, are called the Guiana Highlands.
Shield cricket is the term used for the First Class Australian 4 day cricket competition. Widely regarded as the strongest domestic competition in the world The Term comes from the name given to the competition "Sheffield Shield" where team compete for a trophy that looks like a shield.
The Canadian Shield is a geographic formation in the north central, and slightly eastern area of Canada. If your question is actually how many people speak French and live on or near the Canadian Shield, there are a few, but not many. The majority of French speaking Canadians live either in the Province of Quebec, and the Province of Manitoba. While a reasonably sized chunk of the Shield does lay in Manitoba, it is not the portion of Manitoba that is largely French speaking. That being said, I am French Canadian, and I was born in a small town, right on top of the Canadian Shield :)
The French term for the enlightened thinkers was "Les Philosophes."
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"Le mal de mer" is the French term for seasickness.
The Guiana Shield is the name for the highlands that separate French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela from Brazil.Specifically, the term refers to an ancient geological formation that is found on the northeastern portion of the South American continent. It forms all of the northern coastline running from French Guiana, through Suriname and into Guyana and part of the coast upon which Venezuela fronts. The highest portions of the Shield are called the Guiana Highlands.