Definition of buckle

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Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

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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..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A strap which enters a buckle.
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..
Buckled :: Buckled (imp. & p. p.) of Buckl.
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
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..
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Unbuckle :: Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe..
Rushbuckler :: Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.
Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..
Tab :: Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
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..
Scutiferous :: Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.
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