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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Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..
Scutiferous :: Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or 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..
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
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..
Unbuckle :: Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe..
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 (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..
Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.
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.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
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