Definition of "bucklering" []

• Present participle of buckler. (verb)

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• "The Pope and Princes of Europe shall judge our quarrel, and whether a Christian prince has done well in bucklering the cause which thou hast to-day adopted."
• "Princes of Europe shall judge our quarrel, and whether a Christian prince has done well in bucklering the cause which thou hast to-day adopted."
• "Judith, a buccaneer by nature and by practice, was habitually engaged in swash-bucklering it on a round of visits."