buckler-shaped

  • 1buckler — 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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  • 2Buckler — 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… …

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  • 3Buckler 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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  • 4Buckler thorn — 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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  • 5buckler fern — noun any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield shaped coverings on the sori • Syn: ↑shield fern • Hypernyms: ↑fern • Hyponyms: ↑broad buckler fern, ↑Dryopteris dilatata, ↑ …

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  • 6Blind buckler — 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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  • 7Riding buckler — 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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  • 8scutal —   a. pertaining to shield.    ♦ scutate, a. shield or buckler shaped; having horny scales.    ♦ scute,    ♦ scutum, n. large scale, as of reptile s head.    ♦ scutella, n. (pl.    ♦ lae ) small scute.    ♦ scutellate,    ♦ scutulate, a. shaped… …

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  • 9scutate — a. Clypeiform, shield shaped, buckler shaped …

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  • 10Scutate — Scu tate, a. [L. scutatus armed with a shield, from scutum a shield.] 1. Buckler shaped; round or nearly round. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales. [1913 Webster] …

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