Definition of buckle

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Buckle (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

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Rushbuckler :: Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.
Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
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..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A strap which enters a buckle.
Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
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..
Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.
Unbuckle :: Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe..
Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
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