buckler

buckler

1. kilpi

Synonyymisanakirja

buckler

panssari, suojavaippa, haarniska, vaakunakilpi, kilpi.

Rimmaavat sanat

buckler rimmaa näiden kanssa:

dealer, rottweiler, bestseller, appenzeller, kassler...

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Englannin sanakirja

buckler englanniksi

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. 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. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 166.

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!

3. puhekieltä A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.

4. (quote-text)

5. puhekieltä One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.

6. puhekieltä The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

7. puhekieltä 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.

8. puhekieltä To shield; to defend.

Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right, / Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree? — Shakespeare.

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