buckler
buh kuh ler
- n armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
- Melanthius emerges "one hand clutching a crested helmet, the other an ample old buckler blotched with mildew the shield Laertes bore as a young soldier once.
- God is our shield and our buckler against the modern weapons of our enemies of tomorrow.
- Unsurpassed prosperity and the unmatched legislative record of the 89th Congress seemed the ideal sword and buckler for the combat ahead.