Sentence:  I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose, my <WSD>buckler</WSD> cut through and through; my sword hacked like a hand-saw -- ecce signum! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used, not to cover the body, but to stop or parry blows.