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bucklering

bucklering is the present participle and gerund of buckler.

Meaning of buckler

Verb

buckler (third-person singular simple present bucklers, present participle bucklering, simple past and past participle bucklered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To shield; to defend.
    • Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right, / Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree?c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Questions about bucklering

What is bucklering the present participle and gerund of?
Bucklering is the present participle and gerund of buckler.

Words near bucklering in the dictionary

  1. buckler fern
  2. buckler ferns
  3. buckler plate
  4. buckler plates
  5. bucklered
  6. bucklering
  7. bucklers
  8. Bucklers Hard
  9. buckles
  10. buckles down
  11. buckles in

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