1. A small, round shield either carried or worn on the arm. 2. A means of protection; a defense: “has enjoyed a reputation as a shield and buckler for . . . the academic avant-garde” (Donal Henahan).
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: buck·lered, buck·ler·ing, buck·lers To shield; protect.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English bokeler, from Old French bouclier, from boucle, boss on a shield, from Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca, cheek.
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