Definition of buckle

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Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.

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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..
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Unbuckle :: Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe..
Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Matachin :: Matachin (n.) An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
Shield :: Shield (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler..
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.
Rushbuckler :: Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.
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..
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
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