Word Finder - buckler

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One who buckles something.

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A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held with a hand (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.

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

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

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The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobites.

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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.

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To shield; to defend.

The ornaments and furniture were of the most costly kind; the king's bow and buckler were of gold; his very whip intertwined with gold; the queen had golden diadems, necklace and breast-jewels, and at her feet lay a golden vase.

They carried double-edged swords and short daggers for use hand to hand, the steel of which was hardened b y being buried underground; their defensive armour was a light Gallic shield or a round wicker buckler, and greaves of felt round their legs.

The fens are home to the nationally rare crested buckler fern.

The Republic was never, indeed, the "Buckler of Christendom."

This fascinating exhibition can be seen as part of a visit to Buckler's Hard and includes the artists sketchbook 's.

This fascinating exhibition can be seen as part of a visit to Buckler 's Hard and includes the artists sketchbook 's.