|
GG Dictionary
Definition Finder
There's simply no easier way to freecycle than with GreenGonzo.
As an experiment GreenGonzo are testing out their new dictionary facility. If you want to
use our freecycling services please visit our main website. If you want to search our
dictionary please use the box below.
|
- (Armor) Category:Armor 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. 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.
Quotations
*1598: I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose, my buckler cut through and through; my sword hacked like a hand-saw -- ecce signum! — William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 166.
- (Armor) (Obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
Quotations
*1786: The target or buckler was carried by the heavy armed foot, it answered to the scutum of the Romans; its form was sometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had it's bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in it's breadth. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22.
- (Zoology) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
- (Zoology) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
- (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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Buc"kler (&?;), n. [OE. bocler, OF.
bocler, F. bouclier, a shield with a boss, from OF.
bocle, boucle, boss. See Buckle, n.]
1. 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.
&fist; 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.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) One of
the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
(b) The anterior segment of the shell of
trilobites.
3. (Naut.) 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.
Blind buckler (Naut.), a solid
buckler. -- Buckler mustard (Bot.), a
genus of plants (Biscutella) with small bright yellow flowers. The
seed vessel on bursting resembles two bucklers or shields. --
Buckler thorn, a plant with seed vessels shaped like
a buckler. See Christ's thorn. -- Riding
buckler (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the passage
of a cable.
Buc"kler, v. t. To shield; to
defend. [Obs.]
Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right,
Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree?
Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
You arrived here by searching for Bukler
The correct spelling of this word ought to be: Buckler
Thank you for trying out the GreenGonzo encyclopedia. This is an experimental directory and we cannot explicitly
vouch for its accuracy.
|
|
|
