heat shield. n. A barrier that prevents the heating of a space or an object by absorbing, reflecting, or dissipating external heat, especially a protective structure on a spacecraft or missile that dissipates heat on atmospheric reentry by melting and vaporizing. heat shield. n.
The Battle of Bunker Hill started when the colonists learned about the British plan to occupy Dorchester Heights. The colonists were understandably shaken by this news. They thought of this as the last straw, and they had to protect their land and freedom.
First major battle, showed that the Americans had a big potential to win, but the British were not that easy to defeat. the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, and Bunker Hill was in British hands. But the British had many more deaths.