buckler

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  1. noun A small, round shield either carried or worn on the arm.
  2. noun A means of protection; a defense: "has enjoyed a reputation as a shield and buckler for . . . the academic avant-garde” (Donal Henahan).
  3. transitive verb To shield; protect.

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  • The uniform was sword and buckler, an outward manifestation of the full power and majesty of the law, with Liam as its tool. —  Stabenow, Dana - [Liam Campbell 01] - Fire and Ice
  • Thank Heaven, I am not a swash-buckler, and being a musketeer only for a while, I only fight when I am forced to do so, and always with great reluctance; but this time the affair is serious, for here is a lady compromised by you By us, you mean," cried D'Artagnan Why did you give me back the handkerchief so awkwardly Why did you let it fall so awkwardly I have said that the handkerchief did not fall from my pocket Well, by saying that you have told two lies, sir; for I saw it fall Oh ho! —  The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I
  • VOLUNTEERING Come from the hills where your hirsels are grazing Come from the glen of the buck and the roe Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing Come with the buckler, the lance, and the bow Many a banner spread Flutters above your head Many a crest that is famous in story Mount and make ready then Sons of the mountain glen Fight for the King_, and our old Scottish glory SIR WALTER SCOTT'S Monastery XIII. —  The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
  • The men were armed with spear and buckler, and wore the usual waist-cloth in front, and ornaments on their heads and arms. —  In the Wilds of Africa
  • Will I not Ho, there!--but seek not for the buckler: 'tis 100 Too heavy:--a light cuirass and my sword Where are the rebels Pan. —  The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry
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  1. Middle English bokeler, from Old French bouclier, from boucle, boss on a shield, from Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca, cheek.

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  1. from Middle English bokeler, bocler, etc., from Old French bocler, bucler, French bouclier (= Provencal bloquier = Spanish Portuguese broquel = Italian brocchiere = Middle Low German bokeler = Dutch beukelaar = Middle High German buckeler = Icelandic buklari = Old Danish buckler, buglere) (Middle Latin as if *buccularius), a shield, from bocle, the boss of a shield: see buckle.
  2. from buckler, n.
 

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