bouclier

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.kli.je/

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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