bouclier

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French

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Face interne du bouclier.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bu.kli.je/
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Noun

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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.
      [original: He also carried his small triangular shield, broad enough at the top to protect the breast, and from thence diminishing to a point.]
  2. (by extension) shield (anything which protects or defends)
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