buckler

buckler has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
• n.. The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
• 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.
• v. t.. To shield; to defend.
• n.. armor carried on the arm to intercept blows