broquel

From Vulgar Latin *bucculārius (“bossed”), from Latin buccula (“boss”), diminutive of bucca (“cheeck”), .

broquel m (plural broquéis)

1. buckler (a small type of shield)

• abroquelar
• escudo

• “broquel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “broquel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Old Spanish broquer, broquell (1368), from Old French boucler, bocler, bucler (French bouclier), from Vulgar Latin *bucculārius (“bossed”), from Latin buccula (“boss”).

broquel m (plural broqueles)

1. buckler (shield)

• “broquel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “broquel”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN