BUCKLER

shield, buckler

(noun) armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Buckler

A surname.

Etymology

Noun

buckler (plural bucklers)

One who buckles something.

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used, not to cover the body, but to stop or parry blows.

(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.

(zoology) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.

(zoology) The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobites.

(nautical) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.

Verb

buckler (third-person singular simple present bucklers, present participle bucklering, simple past and past participle bucklered)

(transitive, obsolete) To shield; to defend.

Source: Wiktionary

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Buc"kler, n. Etym: [OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See Buckle, n.]

1. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

Note: In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used, not to cover the body, but to stop or parry blows.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes. (b) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches. Blind buckler (Naut.), a solid buckler.

– Buckler mustard (Bot.), a genus of plants (Biscutella) with small bright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on bursting resembles two bucklers or shields.

– Buckler thorn, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a buckler. See Christ's thorn.

– Riding buckler (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the passage of a cable.

Buc"kler, v. t.

Definition: To shield; to defend. [Obs.] Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right, Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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