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Buckle :: 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..

Billet :: Billet (n.) A strap which enters a buckle.

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..

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..

Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..

Scutiferous :: Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.

Rushbuckler :: Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches..

Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes..

Tab :: Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.

Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..

Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..

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..

Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.

Buckled :: Buckled (imp. & p. p.) of Buckl.

Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.

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..

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