Diclib.com
ChatGPT AI Dictionary

Dictionary Lookup Custom Solutions

Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆

Language:

Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence

On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:

how the word is used
frequency of use
it is used more often in oral or written speech
word translation options
usage examples (several phrases with translation)
etymology

What (who) is buckler - definition

SMALL SHIELD

Votive buckler; Buckler (weapon); Sword and buckler

buckler

¦ noun historical a small round shield held by a handle or worn on the forearm.

Origin

ME: from OFr. (escu) bocler, lit. '(shield) with a boss', from bocle (see buckle).

buckler

n.

1.

Shield, aegis.

2.

Defence, protection, safeguard.

Buckler

·noun The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

II. Buckler ·vt To Shield; to Defend.

III. Buckler ·noun One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.

IV. Buckler ·noun 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.

V. Buckler ·noun 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.

Wikipedia

Buckler

A buckler (French bouclier 'shield', from Old French bocle, boucle 'boss') is a small shield, up to 45 cm (up to 18 in) in diameter, gripped in the fist with a central handle behind the boss. While being used in Europe since antiquity, it became more common as a companion weapon in hand-to-hand combat during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Its size made it poor protection against missile weapons (e.g., arrows) but useful in deflecting the blow of an opponent's weapons, binding his arms, hindering his movements, or punching him.

MS I.33, considered the earliest extant armed-combat manual, (around 1300) contains an early description of a system of combat with buckler and sword.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckler

Examples of use of buckler

1. Ms Buckler politely declined a request for an interview.

2. "The government will not provide any comment on operational matters," said spokeswoman Sandra Buckler said.

3. Buckler was not one of the four to plea guilty in April.

4. They have requested a formal meeting with Mr Harper‘s press secretary, Sandra Buckler, this week to discuss a compromise.

5. Dressed in chic red and grey she was the model of seeming sobriety at a party for the British designer Andrew Buckler.