Found 2 items, similar to buckler.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: buckler buckler n : armor carried on the arm to intercept blows [syn: shield]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Buckler Buckler \Buc"kler\, v. t. To shield; to defend. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right, Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Buckler \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. [1913 Webster] Note: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes. (b) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]