تترّس

, (S, A, K,) or تترّس بِتُرْسٍ, (M,) He defended himself with a تُرْس [or shield]; (S, M, A, * K;) as also ↓ ترّس, verbal noun تَتْرِيسٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ اِتَّرَسَ, (Sb, M, A, TA,) verbal noun اِتِّرَاسٌ, of the measure اِفْتِعَالٌ: (TA:) and تترّس بِشَىْءٍ he made a thing to be as a تُرْس; he defended, or protected, himself with it. (Msb.) You say also, تَسَتَّرْتُ بِكَ مِنَ الحَدَثَانِ فَتَتَرَّسْتُ مِنْ نِبَالِ الزَّمَانِ (tropical:) [I protected myself by thee from calamities, and so shielded myself from the arrows of fortune]. (A.) And أَخَذَتٌ إِبِلِى سِلَاحَهَا وَتَتَرَّسَتْ بِتُرْسِهَا, meaning (tropical:) My camels became fat and goodly, and prevented their owner from slaughtering them. (A, TA.) [See سِلَاحٌ.]