Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Buckler"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Buckler
(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 spear; improperly rendered "buckler" in the
Authorized Version (1 Chr. 12:8), but correctly in the Revised
Version "spear."
The leather of shields required oiling (2 Sam. 1:21; Isa.
21:5), so as to prevent its being injured by moisture. Copper (=
"brass") shields were also in use (1 Sam. 17:6; 1 Kings 14:27).
Those spoken of in 1 Kings 10:16, etc.; 14:26, were probably of
massive metal.
The shields David had taken from his enemies were suspended in
the temple as mementoes (2 Kings 11:10). (See {ARMOUR}, {SHIELD}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Buckler \Buc"kler\, v. t.
To shield; to defend. [Obs.]
Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right, Now buckler
falsehood with a pedigree? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
buckler
n : armor carried on the arm to intercept blows [syn: {shield}]
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