Definition of buckle

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

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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..
Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A contorted expression, as of the face..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..
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..
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
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.
Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..
Tab :: Tab (n.) The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
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