buckler
buck·ler/ˈbʌk.lɚ/noun
buckler is spelled B-U-C-K-L-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (buck·ler). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, buckler means “One who buckles something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of buckler is bucklers.
How many letters and syllables are in buckler?
| Letters | 7: B-U-C-K-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: buck·ler |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is buckler?
Buckler appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce buckler?
- UK /ˈbʌk.lə/
- US /ˈbʌk.lɚ/
Buckler has 2 syllables, split buck·ler in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-buckler.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of buckler
- bucklers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- bucklering participle, present
- bucklered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does buckler mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who buckles something.
- 2
A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
- 3
obsoleteA shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
- 4
One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
- 5
The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobite.
- 6
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.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo shield; to defend.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Buckler in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small shield:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does buckler come from?
From Middle English bukler, bokler, bokeler, bokeleer, from Old French bocler, boucler, bucler, (French bouclier) from Vulgar Latin *bucculārius (“bossed”), from Latin buccula (“boss”). Merged with buckle + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).