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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

/ ˈʌə /

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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yvlog 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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of buckler1

C13: from Old French bocler , from bocle shield boss; see buckle , boss ²
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On another wall hangs a “soldier’s prayer,” signed by Flynn, that reads in part: “Let Your truth be my shield and buckler/Against the fiery darts — the lies — of the enemy.”

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On another wall hangs a “soldier’s prayer,” signed by Flynn, that reads in part: “Let Your truth be my shield and buckler/Against the fiery darts - the lies - of the enemy.”

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More cautious now, the warriors raised their bucklers.

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Aided by bucklers and their own agility, the Spanish got in between and underneath the Germans’ long pikes and were able to hurt them at their pleasure, without the Germans having any remedy.

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He trusted her to carry the awful aegis, his buckler, and his devastating weapon, the thunderbolt.

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