buckler

  • 11Bückler — Johannes Bückler, Gemälde von K. H. Ernst (1803) Johannes Bückler (frz. Jean Buckler; genannt Schinderhannes; * Herbst 1779 in Miehlen oder Weidenbach bei Nastätten im Taunus[1]; † 21. November 1803 in Mainz) war ein deut …

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  • 12Buckler — Externalimage align=right width=300px http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/buckler sinric/images/buckler back.jpgBuckler] (small version, 15th Century Style) [http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/buckler sinric/]… …

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  • 13buckler — noun /bʌklə/ a) 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 …

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  • 14Buckler — This unusual and long established surname is of early medieval English origin, and is from a metonymic occupational name for a maker and/or seller of buckles. The name derives from the Middle English (1200 1500) word bokel , buckle, from the Old… …

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  • 15Buckler — A small round shield carried by infantry troops. Related terms: Armor A small round shield (9 18 in diameter) gripped in the hand with either a single handle, or two enarmes. The name buckler is a corruption of the Old French word bocler meaning… …

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  • 16buckler — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bocler, from Anglo French bucler, from bocle Date: 13th century 1. a. a small round shield held by a handle at arm s length b. a shield worn on the left arm 2. one that shields and protects II. transitive verb …

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  • 17Buckler —    1) A portable shield (2 Sam. 22:31; 1 Chr. 5:18).    2) A shield surrounding the person; the targe or round form; used once figuratively (Ps. 91:4).    3) A large shield protecting the whole body (Ps. 35:2; Ezek. 23:24; 26:8).    4) A lance or …

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  • 18buckler — n. 1 hist. a small round shield held by a handle. 2 Bot. any of several ferns of the genus Dryopteris, having buckler shaped indusia. Also called shield fern. Etymology: ME f. OF bocler lit. having a boss f. boucle BOSS(2) …

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  • 19Buckler (Faustschild) — Angaben Verwendung: Waffe En …

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  • 20Buckler mustard — 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 …

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