Definition of buckle

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Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..

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Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) 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..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..
Fermillet :: Fermillet (n.) A buckle or clasp.
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Shield :: Shield (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Matachin :: Matachin (n.) An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.
Tang :: Tang (n.) The tongue of a buckle.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..
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