bouclier

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[edit] French

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[edit] Etymology

Cca 1100 escut bucler then escut boucler and later escus bouclés i.e. shield with a buckle, a buckler, with suffix -ier.

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  • IPA: /buklje/

[edit] Noun

bouclier m. (plural boucliers)

Face interne du bouclier.
  1. shield (anything which protects or defends)
    levée de bouclier: outcry, protest ((literally) raising of shield: as in the protective mechanism employed by the ancient phalanx)
    Le même portait, en outre, le petit bouclier triangulaire, assez large à son sommet pour protéger la poitrine, et, à partir de là, s’amincissant en pointe. (Walter Scott, Ivanhoé, Traduction de l’anglais par Alexandre Dumas, 1820)

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