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buckler

/buhk-ler/US // ˈbʌk lər //UK // (ˈbʌklə) //

斗士,斗牛士,斗篷人,斗篷

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a round shield held by a grip and sometimes having straps through which the arm is passed.
    • : any means of defense; protection.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be a shield to; support; defend.

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Examples

  • The buckler on the shoulders is formed of five or six rows, each composed of large quadrangular pieces.

  • In other places the rock was damasked like a Saracen buckler, or engraved like a Florentine vase.

  • It was for no lucre of gain I took you and your swash-buckler, your Don Diego yonder, under my poor roof.

  • Here were poor innocent working men, and here was this bloodthirsty swash-buckler inciting their own brothers to slay them.

  • Well, one is a buckler against the other: I don't say with lovely Amy May,—with an honourable woman.