单词 | buckler |
释义 | bucklern.1 One who or that which buckles; in quot. ?1650 the strap of a helmet (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > strap buckler?1650 throatlatch1727 check-strap1857 ?1650 Don Bellianis 184 The Emperor had the Buckler of his Helm cut. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bucklern.2 1. A small round shield; in England the buckler was usually carried by a handle at the back, and ‘used not so much for a shield as for a warder to catch the blow of an adversary’ (Fairholt, at Buckler), but sometimes it was larger, and fastened by straps to the arm. Sometimes more loosely applied to any kind of shield. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > shield > [noun] > small bucklera1300 rondelc1300 targeta1400 roundel1538 rundle1562 rondache1591 pelta1600 pelt1617 a1300 K. Alis. 1190 Laddes, That sweord and boceleris hadde. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. l. 558 A swerd and a bocler baar he by his side. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 42 Bokelere, pelta, ancile, parma. 1578 J. Florio Firste Fruites f. 17v What weapon is that buckler? A clownish dastardly weapon. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. v. 18 Men able to beare buckler and sword. View more context for this quotation 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 280 He brought the bucklers stamped with the pictures of Cæsar into Jerusalem. 1760 T. Gray Wks. (1843) V. 207 A pave..is a very large buckler,..big enough to cover the tallest man. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 12 The buckler was of an oblong and concave figure, four feet in length. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xvi. 77 Each knight..Take buckler, spear, and brand! 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vii. 222 Ajax..upheld A buckler like a rampart. 2. figurative. A means of defence; protection, protector. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence hornc825 shieldc1200 warranta1272 bergha1325 armour1340 hedge1340 defencec1350 bucklerc1380 protectiona1382 safety1399 targea1400 suretyc1405 wall1412 pavise?a1439 fencec1440 safeguard?c1500 pale?a1525 waretack1542 muniment1546 shrouda1561 bulwark1577 countermure1581 ward1582 prevention1584 armourya1586 fortificationa1586 securitya1586 penthouse1589 palladium1600 guard1609 subtectacle1609 tutament1609 umbrella1609 bastion1615 screena1616 amulet1621 alexikakon1635 breastwork1643 security1643 protectionary1653 sepiment1660 back1680 shadower1691 aegis1760 inoculation1761 buoya1770 propugnaculum1773 panoply1789 armament1793 fascine1793 protective1827 beaver1838 face shield1842 vaccine1861 zariba1885 wolf-platform1906 firebreak1959 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 265 Þe bookeler of þis goostly fiȝt is a man to holde his pees in tyme. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 71 Sufficient bokeler aȝens this assailing. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xvii[i]. i My buckler, ye horne of my health, and my proteccion. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 961 His country's buckler, and the Grecian boast. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. iii. 37 On a buckler of impenetrable indifference. 3. Anatomy (see quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of chest or stomach buckler?1541 ensiform cartilage?1541 plate-bonea1665 omosternum1868 xiphisternum1872 ensiform1907 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bouclier de l'estomac, The triangular gristle that grows to the bottome of the breast-bone, and from the middle thereof hangs over the stomacke.] ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Hijv Commyng fro the boucler of the stomacke vnto the share bone. a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 157 Bones of rosted or boiled Beef..the Ribs, the Chine-bones, the buckler plate-bone. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Buckler of beef, a Piece cut off from the Surloin. 4. In various technical senses: a. (see quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > lid > types of pot-lid1404 paten-bred1501 buckler1674 Moor's head1677 screw top1697 sarpush1698 Moor-head1712 saucepan lid1801 screw cap1806 pan lid1841 capsule1858 shutter-front1887 crown cap1898 shutter-lid1901 kettle-lid1903 under-lid1907 1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 115 Let the same [Cylinder]..be covered with a moveable Head (such as in pressing of Pilchards they call a Buckler). 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Buckler of a cask denotes a moveable head, whereby to compress the contents of it. In this sense we say, a buckler of pilchards. 1877 Fraser's Mag. 15 221 Afterwards the fish are..packed in wooden hogshead casks and pressed..as closely as possible together by pressing stones and bucklers. b. Nautical (see quots.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > timbers at hawse-hole hawse1497 hawse-piece1680 navel hood1750 buckler1832 hawse-boxc1860 hawse-boxing1881 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. xiii. 157 The cables were not yet unbent or bucklers shipped. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 101 Bucklers, pieces of elm plank barred close against the inside of the hawse-holes to prevent the water from coming in. Those used at sea, denominated Blind Bucklers, have no aperture; but those used..at anchor, and called Riding Bucklers, are made in two pieces..having a hole in the middle, large enough to admit the cable. c. Anatomy, Zoology, etc. Variously applied to the hard protective covering of parts of the body of different animals, as of the armadillo, the ganoid fishes, and some crustacea; spec. the anterior segment of the shell of the trilobites. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > hard or protective covering armoura1398 crust1615 armature1653 mail1713 shell1774 buckler1828 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 171 Alima, Leach. The body and tail extremely elongated, as well as the shell or buckler. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 232/1 This buckler [of the trilobites] has much analogy with the carapace of Apus. 1845 Dr. Baird in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 xiii. 153 Copepoda..envelope consisting of a buckler, enclosing head and thorax. 1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 47 All the ganoids of the period..have dermal bucklers placed right over their true skulls. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 165 In the armadillo..the trunk is protected by a large buckler of this bony armour. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] playeOE skirmisha1387 to play at bucklersa1500 swash1556 fencea1616 tilt1699 wrench1771 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)] > confess oneself beaten to cry creak?1562 to give, lay down, yield the bucklers1592 to cry cravena1634 holler1845 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win win1297 obtain1441 to go away with it1489 triumph1508 to carry (also get, lose, win, etc.) the day1557 to bear it1602 carry1602 to carry away the bucklers1608 to carry one's point1654 to carry it off1828 to ring the bell1900 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (intransitive)] > admit of comparison parec1450 comparea1500 march1567 to deserve to carry the buckler1642 nick1887 to side up with1895 stack1896 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] > engage on behalf of or against something stickle1625 to take up the bucklers1647 to take up the cudgels1654 a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 83 iiij and xxte. oxon playing at the sword and bokeler. 1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. C Giuing you the bucklers at this weapon, let me haue a blow at you with an other. 1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 30 That could play at bucklers So soone as she was past her cradell. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 74 Seuerus side carried away the bucklers. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie i. §11. 48 When he can..prove it not Apostolike..we shall give him the Bucklers. 1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici 47 One that deserves to carry the Buckler unto Sampson. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lix. 175 The Clergy tooke up the Bucklers and beate both King and Commons to a retreat. 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 3 I shal herein willinglie yeeld him the bucklers;..I confess, he hath the better of me. 1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 45 After much bandying on every side, the Jesuite was fain to lay down the Bucklers. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 61 John dying before he could make a reply..Dr. Franc. White took up the bucklers. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 31. ⁋3 They fought at Sword and Buckler. Compounds C1. General attributive. buckler-maker n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of other specific finished articles anchorsmith1296 paliser1315 sheather1379 buckler-maker1415 barrow-maker1468 chess-maker1481 belt maker1483 leg-makera1500 reel-makera1500 card maker1511 lattice-maker1550 pale cleaver1578 bead-maker1580 boss-maker1580 balloonier1598 bilbo-smith1632 block-makera1687 pen-makera1703 pipe-maker1766 platemaker1772 stickman1786 safe maker?1789 matchmaker1833 chipmaker1836 labelmaker1844 bandagist1859 hurdler1874 moon cutter1883 tie-maker1901 1415 in York Myst. Introd. 23 Bukler-makers. 1483 Cath. Angl. 36 A Bock [el] ere maker, peltarius. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Bokeler makers, dyers, and lether sellers. C2. buckler-beak n. a fossil ganoid with a beak-shaped upper jaw. buckler-fern n. the genus Aspidium. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns mountain parsley1578 female fern1597 rock parsley1597 spleenwort1597 marsh fern1686 prickly fern1764 parsley fern1777 sensitive fern1780 lady fern1783 stone-brake1796 mountain fern1800 rock brake1802 walking leaf1811 todea1813 shield-fern1814 Woodsia1815 mangemange1817 cinnamon fern1818 climbing fern1818 bladder-fern1828 king fern1829 filmy fern1830 ostrich fern1833 New York fern1843 mokimoki1844 rhizocarp1852 film-fern1855 nardoo1860 gymnogram1861 holly-fern1861 limestone-polypody1861 elk-horn1865 Gleichenia1865 lizard's herb1866 cliff brake1867 kidney fern1867 Christmas fern1873 Prince of Wales feathers1873 Christmas shield fern1878 buckler-fern1882 crape-fern1882 stag-horn1882 ladder fern1884 oleander fern1884 stag fern1884 resam1889 lip-fern1890 coral-fern1898 bamboo fern1930 pteroid1949 fern-gale- 1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 iii. 441 The buckler ferns (Lastrea dilatata) of themselves forming a splendid shade. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > left hand winstereOE left handc1275 bridle hand?1561 bow-hand1598 buckler-hand1676 rein hand1738 sinister1770 southpaw1813 ciotóg1832 shield-hand1891 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 238 Weari'd was thereby his Buckler-hand. buckler-head n. the fossil fish Cephalaspis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > superorder Ganoidei > miscellaneous fossil types pycnodont1836 sauroid1836 Cephalaspis1842 buckler-head1847 Pteraspis1857 lepidoganoid1861 coccosteid1863 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §587 In the Cephalaspis (or buckler-head). buckler-headed adj. having a head like a buckler. Thesaurus » Categories » buckler-mustard n. Biscutella auriculata. buckler-play n. fencing ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] buckler-playing1468 fence1533 defence1549 noble science1549 buckler-play1575 fencing1581 digladiation1589 sword-play1627 escrime1652 the (noble, also manly) art of self-defence1724 science1729 swordmanship1781 swordsmanship1851 swording1891 sword-work1913 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 62 Bot buklar play was thair sport most frequent. 1665 Orders Ld. Mayor London in D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year (1722) 55 Singing of Ballads, Buckler-play, or such like Causes of Assemblies of People, be utterly prohibited. buckler-player n. a fencer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > fencer swordmana1387 buckler-player1448 sword-player1538 escrimer1572 fencer1581 offender1599 warder1599 scrimer1604 swordsmana1680 parrier1809 1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 68 Ever stonde yn defence as a bokeler player. buckler-playing n. fencing ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] buckler-playing1468 fence1533 defence1549 noble science1549 buckler-play1575 fencing1581 digladiation1589 sword-play1627 escrime1652 the (noble, also manly) art of self-defence1724 science1729 swordmanship1781 swordsmanship1851 swording1891 sword-work1913 1468 Medulla Gram. Gladiatura, a bokeler pleyng. buckler-thorn n. Rhamnus Paliurus aculeatus.In Bailey, Johnson, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > other thorn-trees paliurec1384 paliurusa1398 sea-willow1548 Christ's thorn1553 buckler-thorn1562 garland-thorn1597 goat's thorn1597 Jews thorn1597 milk-vetch1597 sea-buckthorn1731 Spanish hedgehog thorn1760 sensitive briar1802 lily thorn1816 sallow thorn1847 cat-brier1875 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 115 I knowe no Englishe name for it [Rhamnus]. But it maye be called ether Christes thorne or buklars thorne. 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). bucklerv. 1. transitive. To act as a buckler to; to shield, defend, protect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)] shieldc825 frithc893 werea900 i-schield971 berghOE biwerec1000 grithc1000 witec1000 keepc1175 burghena1225 ward?c1225 hilla1240 warrantc1275 witiec1275 forhilla1300 umshadea1300 defendc1325 fendc1330 to hold in or to warrantc1330 bielda1350 warisha1375 succoura1387 defencea1398 shrouda1400 umbeshadow14.. shelvec1425 targec1430 protect?1435 obumber?1440 thorn1483 warrantise1490 charea1500 safeguard1501 heild?a1513 shend1530 warrant1530 shadow1548 fence1577 safekeep1588 bucklera1593 counterguard1594 save1595 tara1612 target1611 screenc1613 pre-arm1615 custodite1657 shelter1667 to guard against1725 cushion1836 enshield1855 mind1924 buffer1958 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. C3v 'Tis not the king can buckler Gaueston. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. iii. 99 Can Oxford..Now buckler falshood with a pettigree? 1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome iv. 227 These new nationalities..bucklered the Empire against their [the Avars'] blows. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > ward off harm > specifically a stroke or blow biberghOE keepc1175 repela1460 to put bya1530 ward1571 award1579 bucklera1616 guard1654 foil1841 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) i. iv. 51 I will..buckler [1595 buckle] with thee blowes twice two for one. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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