Sentence:  My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point <WSD>shields</WSD> Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.