Definition of buckle

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

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Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
Tang :: Tang (n.) The tongue of a buckle.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A contorted expression, as of the face..
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To join in marriage.
Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.
Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
Billet :: Billet (n.) A strap which enters a buckle.
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
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 (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
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..
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes..
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
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..
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