noun
buckler
Buckler (noun) means a person who fastens something with a buckle.
noun
1
A person who fastens something with a buckle.
"Bucklers will be assigned to buckle up drivers in the morning and make sure they stay buckled up."
— Press Summary - Illinois Information Service (1986)
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.
3
A shield like the large Roman scutum, though the word today usually means a smaller kind of shield.
4
One of the large bony plates on the outside of certain hard-scaled fish.
"Most zeids have spiny projections or bucklers at the dorsal- and anal-fin bases and bony plates on the ventral surface of the abdomen."
— Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart (2000)
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English bukler, bokler, bokeler, bokeleer, from Old French bocler, boucler, bucler (French bouclier), from Vulgar Latin *bucculārius ("bossed"), from Latin buccula ("boss"). It merged with buckle and -er.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of buckler?
"buckler" (noun) means a person who fastens something with a buckle.
What is another word for buckler?
Other words for "buckler" include shield.
What are the different meanings of buckler?
"buckler" has 3 main meanings: 1. A person who fastens something with a buckle; 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; 3. A shield like the large Roman scutum, though the word today usually means a smaller kind of shield.
