Crossword-Solution: BUCKLER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Buckler | n. | A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body. |
| Buckler | n. | One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes. |
| Buckler | n. | The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites. |
| Buckler | n. | A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches. |
| Buckler | v. t. | To shield; to defend. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “BUCKLER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Shield carried on the arm | 1 answer |
| BODY armor/armour | 16 answers |
| BUMPER ___ | 24 answers |
| BUFFER ___ | 24 answers |
| AEGIS | 33 answers |
| Blockage | 42 answers |
| armour | 45 answers |
| Shield | 51 answers |
| defence | 60 answers |
| Target | 62 answers |
| Protection | 73 answers |
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One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with BUCKLER (5)
Wrestling matches, in the different fashions of Cornwall and Devonshire, were seen here and there about the market-place; in one corner, there was a friendly bout at quarterstaff; and—what attracted most interest of all—on the platform of the pillory, already so noted in our pages, two masters of defence were commencing an exhibition with the buckler and broadsword.
CHAPTER VII Knights, with a long retinue of their squires, In gaudy liveries march and quaint attires; One laced the helm, another held the lance, A third the shining buckler did advance.
Alas! what sweat from man and horse must flow, What devastation to the Trojan realm You carry, even now doth Pallas show Her wrath, preparing buckler, car, and helm.
Then said Cormac:-- (21) “Now see to thy safety henceforward, And stick to thy horse and thy buckler; Or this mallet of mine, I can tell thee, Will meet with thine ear of a surety.
However, Phorenice crouched in the stern, holding the two shields--her own golden target, and the rough hide buckler I had won--and so protected both of us whilst I paddled, and though many stones clattered against the shields, and hit the hide covering of the boat, so that it resounded like a drum, none of them did damage, and we drew quickly out of their range.
Quotes with BUCKLER (3)
The English word Atonement comes from the ancient Hebrew word kaphar, which means to cover. When Adam and Eve partook of the fruit and discovered their nakedness in the Garden of Eden, God sent Jesus to make coats of skins to cover them. Coats of skins don’t grow on trees. They had to be made from an animal, which meant an animal had to be killed. Perhaps that was the very first animal sacrifice. Because of that sacrifice, Adam and Eve were covered physically. In the same way…
YOUNG MORTIMER: Thou proud disturber of thy country's peace, Corrupter of thy king, cause of these broils, Base flatterer, yield! and were it not for shame, Shame and dishonour to a soldier's name, Upon my weapon's point here should'st thou fall, And welter in thy gore. LANCASTER: Monster of men! That, like the Greekish strumpet, train'd to arms And bloody wars so many valiant knights; Look for no other fortune, wretch, than death! King Edward is not here to buckler thee.
At dusk in the Temple Gardens the barrier between past and present turned fluid and ghosts walked. Here and there if Buckler looked closely he caught a glimpse of knights filing toward the ancient round Church, heads bowed in penitence…Buckler didn’t mind the spirits. In fact, he preferred their company to that of the general run of human. For the ghosts reminded him that man’s petty cares, so all consuming in life, would one day become nothing more than fit matter for an amusing story.
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Appears in: Universal.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2010).