"buckler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌk.lə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbʌk.lɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buckler.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bucklers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bukler, bokler, bokeler, bokeleer, from Old French bocler, boucler, bucler, (French bouclier) from Vulgar Latin *bucculārius (“bossed”), from Latin buccula (“boss”). Merged with buckle + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bukler}} Middle English bukler, {{m|enm|bokler}} bokler, {{m|enm|bokeler}} bokeler, {{m|enm|bokeleer}} bokeleer, {{der|en|fro|bocler}} Old French bocler, {{m|fro|boucler}} boucler, {{m|fro|bucler}} bucler, {{cog|fr|bouclier}} French bouclier, {{der|en|VL.|*bucculārius|t=bossed}} Vulgar Latin *bucculārius (“bossed”), {{der|en|la|buccula|t=boss}} Latin buccula (“boss”), {{suf|en|buckle|er|id2=agent noun}} buckle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} buckler (plural bucklers)
  1. One who buckles something.
    Sense id: en-buckler-en-noun-gsR70k82
  2. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (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. Translations (small shield): ᾰ̓σπίς (aspís) (Ancient Greek), تُرْس (turs) [masculine] (Arabic), ܡܓܰܢܳܐ (məgannā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), ܡܓܶܢܳܐ (məgennā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), ܣܰܟܪܳܐ (sakkərā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), escut [masculine] (Catalan), broquer [masculine] (Catalan), 小圆盾 (Chinese Mandarin), 小型盾 (Chinese Mandarin), pukléř [masculine] (Czech), beukelaar [masculine] (Dutch), bouclier [masculine] (French), bocle [feminine] (French), ფარი (pari) (Georgian), Faustschild [masculine] (German), Tartsche [feminine] (German), ασπίδα (aspída) (Greek), pajzs (Hungarian), eochairsciath [feminine] (Irish), brocchiero [masculine] (Italian), whakangungu rākau (Maori), whakangungu (Maori), magind (Middle Persian), ترس (tors) (Persian), مجن (mejann) (Persian), مگند (magend) (Persian), puklerz [masculine] (Polish), broquel [masculine] (Portuguese), баклер (bakler) [masculine] (Russian), escudo [masculine] (Spanish), rodela [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-buckler-en-noun-ZN46g~fk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 35 5 23 12 12 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 28 9 20 20 10 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 10 35 11 16 14 10 4 Disambiguation of 'small shield': 0 75 25 0 0 0
  3. (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Armor
    Sense id: en-buckler-en-noun-4IA5ukuM Disambiguation of Armor: 0 22 78 0 0 0 0
  4. (zoology) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-buckler-en-noun-U~tge9MM Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  5. (zoology) The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobite. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-buckler-en-noun-HShOIhpg Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  6. (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 pitches. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-buckler-en-noun-Vo8pWBKc Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buckler fern, buckler plate, knee-buckler

Verb

IPA: /ˈbʌk.lə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbʌk.lɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buckler.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bucklers [present, singular, third-person], bucklering [participle, present], bucklered [participle, past], bucklered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English bukler, bokler, bokeler, bokeleer, from Old French bocler, boucler, bucler, (French bouclier) from Vulgar Latin *bucculārius (“bossed”), from Latin buccula (“boss”). Merged with buckle + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bukler}} Middle English bukler, {{m|enm|bokler}} bokler, {{m|enm|bokeler}} bokeler, {{m|enm|bokeleer}} bokeleer, {{der|en|fro|bocler}} Old French bocler, {{m|fro|boucler}} boucler, {{m|fro|bucler}} bucler, {{cog|fr|bouclier}} French bouclier, {{der|en|VL.|*bucculārius|t=bossed}} Vulgar Latin *bucculārius (“bossed”), {{der|en|la|buccula|t=boss}} Latin buccula (“boss”), {{suf|en|buckle|er|id2=agent noun}} buckle + -er Head templates: {{en-verb}} buckler (third-person singular simple present bucklers, present participle bucklering, simple past and past participle bucklered)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To shield; to defend. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-buckler-en-verb-S3dF96I0

Inflected forms

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      "word": "小圆盾"
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      "word": "小型盾"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tartsche"
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      "word": "ασπίδα"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "brocchiero"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "whakangungu rākau"
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      "word": "ترس"
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      "form": "bucklered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bucklered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "buckler (third-person singular simple present bucklers, present participle bucklering, simple past and past participle bucklered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "buck‧ler"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To shield; to defend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shield",
          "shield"
        ],
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To shield; to defend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌk.lə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌk.lɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buckler.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-buckler.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-buckler.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-buckler.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-buckler.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buckler"
}

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