bouclier

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French

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Face interne du bouclier.

Etymology

Ellipsis of Old French escut boucler (shield with a buckle), with change of suffix. Morphologically, from boucle +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.kli.je/
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Noun

bouclier m (plural boucliers)

  1. shield (broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body)
    levée de boucliersoutcry, protest (literally, “raising of shields”)
    • 1820 [1819], Alexandre Dumas, transl., Ivanhoé, translation of Ivanhoe by Walter Scott:
      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.
  2. (by extension) shield (anything which protects or defends)

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