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Buckler

Buckler (buckler)
n.((?))
Buc"kler
[OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See Buckle, ]
  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.

    * 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. One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
    (b)
  3. 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.


Buckler

Buckler (buckler)
v. t.
Buc"kler
  1. To shield; to defend.
    [Obs.]

    Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right,
    Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree?
    Shak.














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