Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of buckle is as below...

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..

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 enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes..

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

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

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.

Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..

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..

Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To join in marriage.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A contorted expression, as of the face..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..

Buckled :: Buckled (imp. & p. p.) of Buckl.

Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.

Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.

Random Fonts

Most Popular