Definition of buckle

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

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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..
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.
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
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..
Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To join in marriage.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
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 distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Matachin :: Matachin (n.) An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..
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