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buckler(dictionary)

buckler (iou)



buckler noun & verb. ME.
[Anglo-Norman bucler, Old French bocler (mod. bouclier), orig. adjective in escu bocler shield having a boss, from bocle boss, BUCKLE noun: see -ER2.]
A. noun.
Hist. A small round shield usu. held by a handle. ME.
fig. A means of defence. LME.
A shieldlike part of the protective covering of an animal. E19.
Comb.: buckler-fern any of certain ferns of the genus Dryopteris, with kidney-shaped indusia.
b. verb trans.
Act as a buckler to, shield. L16.
Ward or catch (blows). rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
bucklered adjective armed with a buckler, furnished with bucklers M19.