Definition of buckle

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

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Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.
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..
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..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..
Fermillet :: Fermillet (n.) A buckle or clasp.
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.
Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
Matachin :: Matachin (n.) An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To join in marriage.
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..
Bottine :: Bottine (n.) An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children..
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