Definition of buckle

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Buckle (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

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Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..
Scutiferous :: Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.
Fermillet :: Fermillet (n.) A buckle or clasp.
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..
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A strap which enters a buckle.
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..
Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
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..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
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