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buckle

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noun (1)

buck·​le ˈbə-kəl How to pronounce buckle (audio)
1
: a fastening for two loose ends that is attached to one and holds the other by a catch
2
: an ornamental device that suggests a buckle
3
archaic : a crisp curl

buckle

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verb

buckled; buckling ˈbə-k(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce buckle (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to fasten with a buckle
2
: to prepare with vigor
3
: to cause to bend, give way, or crumple

intransitive verb

1
: to become fastened with a buckle
2
: to apply oneself with vigor
usually used with down
buckle down to the job
3
: to bend or move usually under the influence of some external agency
wheat buckling in the wind
4
: collapse
the props buckled under the strain
5
: to give way : yield
he buckled under pressure

buckle

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noun (2)

1
: a product of buckling : bend, fold
2
: a coffee cake baked with berries and a crumbly topping
blueberry buckle

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Word History of Buckle

The literal meaning of Latin word buccula was “little cheek,” but buccula was also the name for the part of a helmet that protects the cheek. Its medieval French descendant, bouclé, was the word for the boss of a shield, which looks a little like a small cheek on the face of the shield. The use of the word was later extended to belt fasteners. In this sense, the word was borrowed into English.

Example Sentences

Verb She buckled the horses into their harness. The pavement buckled in the heat.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English bocle, from Anglo-French, boss of a shield, buckle, from Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca cheek

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of buckle was in the 14th century

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