bouclier

== French == === 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/ === Noun === bouclier m (plural boucliers) shield (broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body) levée de boucliers ― outcry, protest (literally, “raising of shields”) (by extension) shield (anything which protects or defends) ==== Related terms ==== boucler ==== See also ==== pavois === Further reading === “bouclier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012