Definition of buckle

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Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..

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Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes..
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..
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..
Fermillet :: Fermillet (n.) A buckle or clasp.
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 (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Unbuckle :: Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe..
Tang :: Tang (n.) The tongue of a buckle.
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
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..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..
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..
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