Definition of buckle

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Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..

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Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..
Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Tab :: Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or 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..
Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..
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..
Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..
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.
Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
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