Definition of buckle

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Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..

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Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
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..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Unbuckle :: Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe..
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Fermillet :: Fermillet (n.) A buckle or clasp.
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..
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..
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 strap which enters a buckle.
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To join in marriage.
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