Definition of buckle

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

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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..
Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Fermillet :: Fermillet (n.) A buckle or clasp.
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..
Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
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..
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Tab :: Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
Scutiferous :: Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..
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..
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