buckler

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Synonyms: buckle, buckled, bucker, suckler, buckles, buckley, buckner, bucklew, beckler, buchler

Antonyms: buckle, buckled, bucker, suckler, buckles, buckley, buckner, bucklew, beckler, buchler

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Noun

1. One who [[buckle#English|buckle]]s something.
2. A kind of [[shield]], of various [[shape]]s and [[size]]s, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for [[protect]]ing 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]] [[blow]]s.
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A shield resembling the [[Roman]] [[scutum]]. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
4. {{lb|en|zoology}} One of the large, bony, external plates found on many [[ganoid]] fishes.
5. {{lb|en|zoology}} The anterior segment of the shell of a [[trilobite]].
6. {{lb|en|nautical}} 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 [[pitch]]es.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[shield]]; to [[defend]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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