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buckler

[ buhk-ler ]

noun

  1. a round shield held by a grip and sometimes having straps through which the arm is passed.
  2. any means of defense; protection.


verb (used with object)

  1. to be a shield to; support; defend.

buckler

/ ˈbʌklə /

noun

  1. a small round shield worn on the forearm or held by a short handle
  2. a means of protection; defence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to defend
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buckler1

1250–1300; Middle English bokeler < Anglo-French, Middle French bocler, equivalent to bocle boss 2 + -er -er 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buckler1

C13: from Old French bocler , from bocle shield boss; see buckle , boss ²
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Example Sentences

The buckler on the shoulders is formed of five or six rows, each composed of large quadrangular pieces.

In other places the rock was damasked like a Saracen buckler, or engraved like a Florentine vase.

It was for no lucre of gain I took you and your swash-buckler, your Don Diego yonder, under my poor roof.

Here were poor innocent working men, and here was this bloodthirsty swash-buckler inciting their own brothers to slay them.

Well, one is a buckler against the other: I don't say with lovely Amy May,—with an honourable woman.

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