buckler

Example Sentences

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It is carved with a scene in sunken relief depicting two footmen fighting, buckler in hand.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2011

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."

From Time Magazine Archive

Unsurpassed prosperity and the unmatched legislative record of the 89th Congress seemed the ideal sword and buckler for the combat ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore the flashiest of $7 suits, affected checkered caps and learned to assume instantly that false air of hearty confidence which is every actor's shield and buckler in time of ad versity.

From Time Magazine Archive

He trusted her to carry the awful aegis, his buckler, and his devastating weapon, the thunderbolt.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton