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Buckle   /bˈəkəl/   Listen
noun
Buckle  n.  
1.
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.
2.
A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
3.
A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled. "Earlocks in tight buckles on each side of a lantern face." "Lets his wig lie in buckle for a whole half year."
4.
A contorted expression, as of the face. (R.) "'Gainst nature armed by gravity, His features too in buckle see."


verb
Buckle  v. t.  (past & past part. buckled; pres. part. buckling)  
1.
To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.
2.
To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
3.
To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; formerly, generally used reflexively, but by mid 20th century, usually used with down; as, the programmers buckled down and worked late hours to finish the project in time for the promised delivery date. "Cartwright buckled himself to the employment."
4.
To join in marriage. (Scot.)


Buckle  v. i.  
1.
To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink. "Buckled with the heat of the fire like parchment."
2.
To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.
3.
To yield; to give way; to cease opposing. (Obs.) "The Dutch, as high as they seem, do begin to buckle."
4.
To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend. "The bishop was as able and ready to buckle with the Lord Protector as he was with him." "In single combat thou shalt buckle with me."
To buckle to, to bend to; to engage with zeal. "To make our sturdy humor buckle thereto." "Before buckling to my winter's work."





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"Buckle" Quotes from Famous Books



... pulling-jack inserted in a light eye-bar chain, was placed on the horizontal diameter, and frequently the erectors were also used to boost the crown of the iron, the object being to erect the ring truly circular. Before shoving, a 1-1/4-in. turn-buckle was also placed on the horizontal diameter in order to prevent the spreading of the iron, previous to filling the void outside with grout. The approach of the supports for the upper floor of the trailing ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 • James H. Brace, Francis Mason and S. H. Woodard
... hair up in buckle as if she'd never seen a clay-cold man at all. However, to cut a long story short, all I know besides about 'em is that the name upon their luggage is Lady Petherwin, and she's the widow of a city gentleman, who was a man of valour ...
— The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy
... a few breaths of pure Long Island air, but he did not speak. He felt helpless. If he were to be allowed to withdraw into the privacy of the study and wrap a cold, wet towel about his forehead and buckle down to it, he knew that he could draft an excellent and satisfactory explanation of his presence at Reigelheimer's with the Good Sport. But to do it on the spur of the moment like this was ...
— Uneasy Money • P.G. Wodehouse
... The buckle was a great yellow stone, round of outline, deep and curved, as if a yielding globe had been pressed down. It shone and glowed, as though a veritable sun lay within; the rays of its light seemed to strike out and illumine ...
— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker
... sudden pang, which yet was not altogether pain, dart through his heart, and his eyes wandered questioningly from the buckle to Marsa's face. Smiling, but her beautiful lips mute, Marsa seemed to say to him: "Yes, it is the agraffe which you detached from your soldier's pelisse and gave to an unknown ...
— Prince Zilah, Complete • Jules Claretie


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