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单词 buckle
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bucklen.

/ˈbʌk(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English bocle, bokle, bukyll(e, Middle English–1500s bokel(l, Middle English bocul(e, -cull(e, -kull, -kyll(e, bukkel, ( bogyll), 1500s bucle, Middle English– buckle.
Etymology: < French boucle < Latin buccula (diminutive of bucca cheek), the recorded senses of which are 1. cheek-strap of a helmet, 2. boss of a shield. The precise relation of the French senses (adopted in English) to those of the Latin word is obscure. Sense 1 is the only one found in Middle English; the remaining senses appear to have been introduced from French at much later periods.
1.
a. A rim of metal, with a hinged tongue carrying one or more spikes, for securing a belt, strap, or ribbon, which passes through the rim and is pierced by the spike or spikes. Often with defining word prefixed, as knee-, shoe-buckle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > clasp or buckle
dalkc1000
buckle1340
clasp1480
fibula1673
safety pin1867
spang1892
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > buckle
buckle1340
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 236 Þet is þe bocle of þe gerdle.
1391 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 145 Un sayntour, le bukyll et le pendant de argent.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Bocle or boculle [King's Cambr. bocul, Pynson bokyll or bocle], pluscula.
c1450 Gloss. in Wright Voc. 122 Ad plusculas, bogyllis.
1483 in R. Arnold Chron. (c1503) f. xlij/2 A purple corse..enameled in the bukkel with ij ymagis.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 200/1 Bocle that beareth the byt, portemors.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. i. 147 His stubborne bucles..Shall more obey then to the edge of steele. View more context for this quotation
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 317. ¶22 Tongue of my Shooe Buckle broke.
a1779 D. Garrick in R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough (1781) Prol. The buckle then it's modest limits knew.
1855 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxix. 329 He expected to hear next that..knee-buckles had been issued to the Highland Brigade.
b. Phrases. †to come to buckle and bare thong: to be stripped of everything. †to turn the buckle of the girdle (see quots.). to cover the buckle: to dance (a particular step). †to hold or bring (bare) buckle and thong together (in U.S., to make buckle and tongue meet): to make both ends meet. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > be or become extremely poor
not to have a shirtc1405
to come to buckle and bare thong1546
to arrive at one's fingers' ends1579
to have most fingers1677
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > spend money sparingly [verb (intransitive)] > live within one's means
to cut one's cloth according to one's calling1546
to hold or bring (bare) buckle and thong together1600
to cut and contrive1854
to make buckle and tongue meet1859
the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > be patient [verb (intransitive)]
to take (something) as it comesc1350
patient1561
patience1596
to turn the buckle of the girdle1606
thole1674
society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > steps
cut1603
heel1609
coupee1690
chassé1803
pigeon-wing1823
glissade1837
high-kicka1850
to cover the buckle1852
reverse1859
sashay1905
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. viii. sig. Kiiv He at length came to buckle and bare thong.
1600 Weakest goeth to Wall sig. E2 My benefice doth bring me in no more But what will hold bare buckle and thong together.
1606 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) II. sig. H3 If you bee angrie, turne the buckle of youre girdle behinde you.
1656 O. Cromwell Speech 17 Sept. If any man be angry at it,—I am plain, and shall use an homely expression: Let him turn the buckle of his girdle behind him! If this were to be done again, I would do it.
1675 Pepys Ballads (1930) III. 12 Hold Buckle and Thong together.
1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 100 He'll bring buckle and thong together.
1852 C. Reade Peg Woffington viii. 131 Woffington covered the buckle in gallant style; she danced, the children danced.
1859 H. E. Taliaferro Fisher's River 249 All they cared for was ‘to make buckle and tongue meet’ by raising stock..and a little corn for bread.
1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 703/1 Beginning without money, he had as much as he could do to make ‘buckle and tongue meet’, as the phrase goes.
†c. French buckle: a ring attached to a mare, to prevent her being covered. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > rings or loops
ringle1419
torret1429
button?1561
French buckle1691
bridge1795
dee1795
handpiece1840
pirn1846
thill-tug1859
Irish martingale1874
pipe-loop1875
kidney-link1883
1691 London Gaz. No. 2707/4 A Chesnut Mare..buckled up with a French Buckle.
d. An iron loop for fastening the blade to the frame of a wood-saw.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > loop for fastening blade
buckle1846
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 725 The chairmakers' saw is in general a diminutive of the ordinary pit saw, and has a central blade strained by buckles and wedges.
e. [apparently < buckle v. 2c] A vigorous struggle or conflict.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of
flitec1000
strifea1225
wara1300
pulla1400
lakec1420
contenta1450
stour?c1450
contentiona1500
pingle1543
agony1555
feudc1565
combat1567
skirmish1576
grapple1604
counter-scuffle1628
scuffle1641
agon1649
tug1660
tug of war1677
risse1684
struggle1692
palaver1707
hash1789
warsle1792
scrabble1794
set-to1794
go1823
bucklea1849
wrestle1850
tussle1857
head-to-head1884
scrum1905
battleground1931
shoot-out1953
mud-wrestle1986
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition
match1531
goala1555
vie1568
skirmish1576
rencounter1594
drop-vie1598
duellism1602
duello1606
bout1609
duel1613
competition1618
matcha1637
tournament1638
contest1648
rencontre1667
pingle?1719
sprawla1813
go1823
bet1843
bucklea1849
comp1929
cook-off1936
title race1948
a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 268 Master Tom and the girls running out to..welcome me home, as if I was just returning from a buckle with the Terry Alts, or a rencontre with a scalping party of Huron Indians.
1876 Coursing Cal. 6 Wheatear and The Pet had a tremendous tight buckle for the lead.
1876 Coursing Cal. 181 Liberator and Controversy made a tight buckle for pace.
†2. The drop of an ear-ring. (French boucle d'oreille.) Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the ear > [noun] > pendant part of
pendant1555
buckle1674
1674 London Gaz. No. 878/4 Lost a pair of Diamond Buckles, set Transparent in Silver, without any Gold Earrings to them.
†3. ‘The state of the hair crisped and curled by being kept long in the same state’ (Johnson). Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style
frizz1668
bullhead1672
bull1699
buckle1711
frizzle1850
cataract curls1864
Niagara1864
water wave1876
marcel wave1895
permanent wave1906
Greek goda1910
marcel1921
finger wave1925
permanent1926
perm1927
home perm1949
Afro1967
natural1967
Jewfro1976
Jheri curl1977
bubble perm1992
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶7 The Wearer..lets his Wig lie in Buckle for a whole half Year.
1730 H. Fielding Tom Thumb i. vi. 6 What's a woman, when her Virtue's gone? A Coat without its Lace; Wig out of Buckle.
1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 15 That live-long Wig..Eternal buckle takes in Parian stone.
1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. xi. 100 Hair, which, with great Difficulty, receives or retains a Buckle.
1762 C. Churchill Ghost iii. 92 His features too in buckle see.
1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 267 And his hair has a natural buckle and a'.
4. In Architecture (see quot.).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments
pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) xxx A good bold corbel-table..it has been sometimes called a buckle, because some specimens resemble the tongue of a buckle.
1861 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 2) iv. 131 The corbels have the ornament called a buckle or mask.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
buckle-maker n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > of buckles
buckle-makerc1440
buckle-smith?1518
buckle-manufacturer1795
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 42 Bokulle makere, pluscularius.
1722 London Gaz. No. 6088/3 A Brass Buckle-maker by Trade.
buckle-manufacturer n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > of buckles
buckle-makerc1440
buckle-smith?1518
buckle-manufacturer1795
1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 (Rivington ed.) ii. 54/1 Several respectable buckle-manufacturers from Birmingham..waited upon H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
buckle-ring n.
buckle-shoe n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with buckle or bow
buckle-shoe1868
Cromwell shoe1879
1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice III. liv. 96 Trim buckle shoes.
buckle-smith n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > of buckles
buckle-makerc1440
buckle-smith?1518
buckle-manufacturer1795
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Bokell smythes, horse leches, and gold beters.
buckle-tongue n.
C2.
† buckle-chape n. Obsolete the back of a buckle, over which the ribbon or strap passes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > clasp or buckle > back of
buckle-chape1761
1761 London Mag. 30 233 Foreigners..can afford to give a much higher price for our buckle-chapes than our buckle-makers can afford to do.
buckle-covering n. a certain step or movement in dancing.
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps
reprise1521
double1531
reprinse1531
single1531
hop1579
cross-pointa1592
trip1601
back-tricka1616
inturna1627
shorta1652
coupee1673
cut1676
fleuret1677
bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706
contretemps1706
cross-step1728
boring1775
pigeon wing1807
pas de basque1818
cross-cut1842
flicflac1852
buckle-covering1859
reverse1888
reversing1892
cross-stepping1893
box step1914
jump turn1924
moonwalk1969
coupé-
1859 C. Dickens Haunted House: Ghost in Corner Room in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 13 Dec. 48 There ensued such..buckle-covering, and double-shuffling.
buckle-garter n. a garter fastened by a buckle.
† buckle-hammed adj. Obsolete ? having crooked legs (see buckle v. III.).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having
leglessc1390
bow-legged1552
crook-legged1580
shackle-hammed1592
baker-kneed1611
baker-legged1611
buckle-hammed1629
out-shinned1682
bandy-legged1688
crooked-legged1691
shackled-ham'd1733
badger-legged1738
tailor-legged1768
knock-kneed1774
scissor-legged1880
1629 J. Gaule Distractions 324 Buckle-hamm'd, Stump-legg'd, Splay-footed.
† buckle-pit n. Obsolete a child's game.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others
buckle-pit1532
marrowbone1533
put-pin?1577
primus secundus1584
fox in the hole1585
haltering of Hick's mare1585
muss1591
pushpin1598
Jack-in-the-box1600
a penny in the forehead1602
buckerels1649
bumdockdousse1653
peck-point1653
toro1660
wheelbarrow1740
thread-needle1751
thrush-a-thrush1766
runaway ring?1790
Gregory1801
pick-point1801
fighting cocks1807
runaway knock1813
tit-tat-toe1818
French and English1820
honeypots1821
roly-poly1821
tickle-tail1821
pottle1822
King of Cantland1825
tip-top-castle1834
tile1837
statue1839
chip stone1843
hen and chickens1843
king of the castle1843
King Caesar1849
rap-jacket1870
old witch1881
tick-tack-toe1884
twos and threes1896
last across (the road)1904
step1909
king of the hill1928
Pooh-sticks1928
trick or treat1928
stare-you-out1932
king of the mountain1933
dab cricket1938
Urkey1938
trick-or-treating1941
seven-up1950
squashed tomato1959
slot-racing1965
Pog1993
knights-
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 574/2 Some suche prety playes of likelyhod as chyldren be woont to playe, as cheristone, mary bone, bokle pit, spurne poynte.
buckle-plates n. see buckled adj. 2.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > types of plate(s)
black plate1701
buckled plates1852
buckle-plates1866
1866 Law Rep.: Common Pleas Div. 1 163 The plaintiff is..the patentee of certain buckle plates used for bridge flooring.
† buckle-ring n. Obsolete the frame of a buckle.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > buckle > part of
tonguec1325
chape1686
anchor1761
buckle-ring1761
1761 London Mag. 30 233 The dispute between buckle-ring-makers and buckle-chape-makers.
buckle-wig n. see buckled adj. 3.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > curled
storey wiga1833
buckle-wig1878
1878 Fraser's Mag. 18 579 Men and women in..powder and buckle wigs.

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North American. A cake made with fruit (typically blueberries) and having a crumbly streusel topping.Usually with distinguishing word, as apple buckle, blueberry buckle, raspberry buckle, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > other cakes
honey appleeOE
barley-cake1393
seed cakea1400
cake?a1425
pudding-cake?1553
manchet1562
biscuit cake1593
placent1598
poplin1600
jumbal1615
bread pudding1623
semel1643
wine-cakea1661
Shrewsbury cake1670
curd cake1675
fruitcake1687
clap-bread1691
simnel cake1699
orange-flower cake1718
banana cake1726
sweet-cake1726
torte1748
Naples cake1766
Bath cake1769
gofer1769
yeast-cake1795
nutcake1801
tipsy-cake1806
cruller1808
baba1813
lady's finger1818
coconut cake1824
mint cake1825
sices1825
cup-cake1828
batter-cake1830
buckwheat1830
Dundee seed cake1833
fat-cake1839
babka1846
wonder1848
popover1850
cream-cake1855
sly-cake1855
dripping-cake1857
lard-cake1858
puffet1860
quick cake1865
barnbrack1867
matrimony cake1871
brioche1873
Nelson cake1877
cocoa cake1883
sesame cake1883
marinade1888
mystery1889
oblietjie1890
stuffed monkey1892
Greek bread1893
Battenberg1903
Oswego cake1907
nusstorte1911
dump cake1912
Dobos Torte1915
lekach1918
buckle1935
Florentine1936
hash cake1967
space cake1984
1935 Hammond (Indiana) Times 19 July 11/3 (heading) Something New..Blueberry Buckle.
1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 June (Good Living section) 2 Stephen Bennett's raspberry buckle—a wonderful creation of American colonial origin—lightly braised raspberries baked in a light cake batter and topped with a delicious and integrated crisp sugar and butter crust.
2005 K. King Tate's Bake Shop Cookbk. 136 Two of my good customers used this recipe to win a blueberry buckle bake-off in Maine... I added a little more flour to the crumb topping, making it an even better buckle!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bucklev.

/ˈbʌk(ə)l/
Etymology: < buckle n.; but compare French boucler; branch III may be from the French word, which has the sense ‘to bulge’ (as a wall).
I. With reference to buckle n. 1.
1.
a. transitive. To fasten with a buckle. Often with preposition on, to, or with adverb on, up, together.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with buckle
bucklec1400
spenc1400
embrace?c1475
c1400 Roland 694 Herd bukilis his helme, and gothe out sone.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1645 Nailynge the speres, and the helmes bokelynge.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados viii. v. 17 With popill tre hattis, buklit on thare hede.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 139 Iust. You liue in great infamy. Falst. He that buckles himselfe in my belt cannot liue in lesse. View more context for this quotation
1705 London Gaz. No. 4156/4 Stolen..a..Mare..buckled up with a French Buckle.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iv. 74 A Servant on Horseback would buckle my Box.
1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xvi. 332 Buckle this harness on.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vii. 221 About his limbs The mail was buckled.
†b. To fasten (up) in any way; also figurative to buckle in: to limit, enclose. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > back or up
buckle1460
catch1622
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)]
pena1200
bebar?c1225
loukc1275
beshuta1300
parc1300
to shut in1398
to close inc1400
parrockc1400
pinc1400
steekc1400
lock?a1425
includec1425
key?a1439
spare?c1450
enferme1481
terminea1500
bebay1511
imprisona1533
besetc1534
hema1552
ram1567
warda1586
closet1589
pound1589
seclude1598
confine1600
i-pend1600
uptie1600
pinfold1605
boundify1606
incoop1608
to round in1609
ring1613
to buckle ina1616
embounda1616
swathe1624
hain1636
coopa1660
to sheathe up1661
stivea1722
cloister1723
span1844
1460 Quia Amore Langueo 51 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 152 Bocled my feet, as was her wille, with scharpe naile.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 129 The stretching of a span, buckles in his summe of age. View more context for this quotation
1796 A. Wilson Watty & Meg 4 Up my claes and cash I buckl'd.
2.
a. transitive. With allusion to the fastening on of armour: To equip, prepare (for battle, an expedition, etc.). Chiefly reflexive, and now only figurative: To gird oneself, apply oneself resolutely to (a task).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)] > for effort
girdc1450
bracea1500
buckle1570
accinge1657
screw1785
to work up1820
nerve1821
poise1831
to screw up1841
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin an action [verb (reflexive)] > resolutely or vigorously
settle1530
buckle1570
to set down1864
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Piii/1 To Buckle him, parare se.
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 31 Everie man..must buckle himselfe to a painfull kind of life.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff4v Buckling soone him selfe, gan fiercely fly Vppon that Carle. View more context for this quotation
1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 326 No maruaile if Angels so desirously buckle themselues to prie hereinto.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 171 Cartwright buckled himself to the employment.
a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) ix. 270 Where I thought I was best buckled.
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 368 Now buckles himself to the uninterrupted perusal of the instructive text.
b. intransitive (for reflexive) in same sense.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)]
buskc1330
agraith1340
to make readya1382
arraya1387
providec1425
prepare1517
addressa1522
apparel1523
bouna1525
buckle1563
to make frecka1572
fettle?c1600
fix1716
to set into ——1825
to show foot1825
ready1878
to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883
prep1900
to get (oneself) organized1926
to sharpen one's pencil1957
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or vigorously
buckle1627
yokea1630
to buckle to1712
square1849
to get it on1954
1563 Bp. Sandys in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xxxv. 398 Whereat one of Sir Johns men buckled to fight with him.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xxi. 126 To teach dangers to come on, by ouer early Buckling towards them, is another Extreme.
1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 155 Before we either eate or drinke, or buckle about any worldly businesse.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 139 The Epicure buckles to study, when shame..shall make him uneasie.
1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2245 Those who have a great deal of business must (to use a vulgar expression) buckle to it.
1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. iv. x. 248 Their husbands and brothers must buckle to the fight.
c. to buckle ˈto: to set to work, apply oneself vigorously. Also to buckle down (to) (originally U.S.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or vigorously
buckle1627
yokea1630
to buckle to1712
square1849
to get it on1954
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously
to sit in1736
strap1823
to get down1826
tackle1841
to buckle down (to)1865
to bite on1904
to wade into1904
to get stuck into1910
to get one's teeth into1935
to sink one's teeth into1935
to get stuck in1938
to get to grips with1947
1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vii. 32 Esquire South buckl'd to, to assist his Friend Nic.
1747 E. Burke Let. 21 Mar. in Corr. (1958) I. 89 I have shook off idleness, and begun to buckle to.
1812 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 375 I cannot buckle to, until this business of the Museum is determined.
1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 301 If he would only buckle down to serious study.
1871 B. Harte Poems 55 Chiquita Buckled right down to her work.
1884 Pres. Addr. Philol. Soc. 4 He buckled to at once, learned in a month or so enough Iroquois for present needs.
1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xxii. 280 The recollection of what this bell could do when it buckled down to it gave me pause.
1941 N.Y. Times 2 Oct. 28/4 The music and lyric makers [of Best Foot Forward] have been equally inventive, without being afraid of rhythm and melody. ‘Buckle Down, Winsocki’ is a song highly recommended to any school in need of such.
1949 A. Miller Death of Salesman i. 40 If he doesn't buckle down he'll flunk math!
1983 E. Reveley In Good Faith x. 157 But you'll really have to buckle down and cram for those exams, Moo.
3.
a. transitive. To join closely.
b. intransitive (for reflexive). To close, come to close quarters; to grapple, engage. Const. with (an adversary); also with adverbs together, in, rarely to. Obsolete or dialect.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > come to close quarters
to fling togetherc1300
fewterc1440
to come to handstrokes1488
to come to (one's) hands (also hand)1524
to fight short1533
buckle1535
close1590
to close in1704
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight at close quarters > grapple
buckle1535
strangle1595
ingrapple1599
grapple1825
clinch1828
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] > engage in hostile encounter
counter1330
encounter1555
to come to grips1640
to come to gripesa1645
buckle?1650
to lock horns (also antlers)1850
face1922
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. iv. 14 They buckled together, and the Heithen were discomfited.
1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xx The erle..folowed his enemies..that..he might fight and buckell with them, before they came to London.
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 29 Vnable to buckle with the dogge that would faine haue a snatch at his skinne.
?1650 Don Bellianis 198 A man that had been going to buckle with death.
1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. x. 189 The whole armies were thus engag'd, and each man closely buckl'd to his antagonist.
†c. To adhere resolutely to. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)]
to stand in ——a1382
abidea1393
saddena1500
to bide bya1513
to stick to ——?1531
to stout out1568
to make good1606
winter1608
buckle1793
maintain1819
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 53. 419 I resolved to buckle to my tenets till the last extremity.
†d. transitive (elliptical). To grapple with, engage, ‘tackle’. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > engage in contention with
tangle1535
to make with ——1548
bucklea1605
to take on1866
to take tea with1888
to have on1939
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 154 Pedler, I pittie thee sa pinde To buckle him that beares the bell.
4.
a. transitive. To unite in marriage. humorous or dialect. Cf. splice v. 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage
wedOE
join1297
spousec1325
bind1330
couplea1340
to put togethera1387
conjoin1447
accouple1548
matea1593
solemnize1592
espouse1599
faggot1607
noose1664
to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700
rivet1700
to tie the knot1718
buckle1724
unite1728
tack1732
wedlock1737
marry1749
splice1751
to turn off1759
to tie up1894
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 28 An ye wad gi's a bit land Wee'd buckle us e'en the gither.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. iv. 228 Our friend the licentiate, who will buckle you handsomely.
?1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Scaith 9 Soon they loo'd, and soon ware buckl'd.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. ii. 34 Dr. R. who buckles beggars for a tester and a dram of Geneva.
b. intransitive. To unite oneself in wedlock.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)]
weda1225
marrya1325
spousec1390
to make matrimonyc1400
intermarry1528
contract1530
to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535
to make a match1547
yoke1567
match1569
mate1589
to go to church (with a person)1600
to put one's neck in a noosec1600
paira1616
to join giblets1647
buckle1693
espouse1693
to change (alter) one's condition1712
to tie the knot1718
to marry out1727
to wedlock it1737
solemnize1748
forgather1768
unite1769
connubiate1814
conjugalize1823
connubialize1870
splice1874
to get hitched up1890
to hook up1903
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 90 Is this an Age to Buckle with a Bride?
1806 J. Train Poet. Reveries 64 (Jam.) Ask'd her..Gin she wadna buckle too.
1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton III. vii. v. 163 May..is the only month that nobody in the north country ever thinks o' buckling in.
II. With reference to buckle n. 3.
†5. To fasten or retain in curl. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > curl
crispc1340
crook1340
pincha1398
curl1447
frouncea1529
creis1553
frizzle1565
thrum1598
becurl1614
calamistrate1628
frizz1660
fruz1702
crimp1708
buckle1721
befriz1772
crape1774
crêpe1818
crinkle1871
permanently wave1901
marcel1906
water-wave1912
permanent wave1921
permanent1924
perm1928
tong1932
scrunch1983
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Buckle..to put into buckles as hair.
1770 W. Guthrie New Geogr. Gram. 478 Their hair, which they buckle up in a very agreeable manner.
III. To bend, warp.
6.
a. transitive. To warp, crumple, bend out of its plane. Now chiefly techn.: To bend a bar or surface (under longitudinal pressure) into a double curve; as ‘to buckle a saw, or the wheel of a bicycle or tricycle’. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] > put out of plane
bucklec1525
c1525 in W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. (1839) 54 Ninepences are a little buckled to distinguish in their currancie.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ee2 Reason doth buckle and bowe the Mind vnto the Nature of things. View more context for this quotation
?c1640 W. Rowley et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) ii. i. 13 I am..like a Bow buckl'd and bent together.
1854 Notes & Queries i. IX. 576/1 An awkward person, working incautiously with a saw, will probably..buckle it.
1868 Daily Tel. 3 July It..struck the 15-inch portion..buckling, bending, and breaking the inner bars.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 58 It would buckle the mast.
1921 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 291 It [sc. the French budget] may..for practical purposes, be considered to be ‘buckled’.
b. intransitive. To bend under stress or pressure. †Of persons: To bend, stoop, double up (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > bend down
stoopc893
bowOE
aloutOE
fold13..
bendc1374
courbe1377
curb1377
inclinec1390
declinea1400
nuzzlec1450
buckle1600
doup1694
huckle1854
overbend1856
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > buckle
to buckle up1866
buckle1888
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 141 Whose feuer-weakned ioynts, Like strengthlesse hinges buckle vnder life. View more context for this quotation
1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 154 His knees may not buckle to Baal.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiii. 222 Where ever they find the Work buckle.
1700 J. Brome Trav. i. 34 We were enforced..to stoop, and buckle almost double.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xiii. 66 The two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
1888 N.E.D. at Buckle Mod. The wheel of his tricycle has buckled.
c. to buckle up: to become warped and bent, to collapse. Also figurative (cf. 7).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > buckle
to buckle up1866
buckle1888
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in
benda1400
sink?a1513
to give over1530
to cry creak?1562
yield1576
to hold up1596
succumb1604
to give in1616
to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629
to cry cravena1634
to give up or cross the cudgels1654
incumb1656
to fall in1667
to knock under1670
to knock under board, under (the) table1692
to strike underc1730
knuckle down1735
to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860
chuck up (the sponge)1864
to throw in one's hand1893
to sky the wipe (or towel)1907
to drop one's bundle1915
to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915
to buckle up1927
1866 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 2 i. 140 Its expansion and contraction..rendering it [sc. plane iron] liable to ‘buckle up’.
1927 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 12/2 Such a man as Biquet is not given to buckling up.
†7. figurative. To give way, submit; to cringe, truckle. Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in
descend?a1400
to give up the girdlea1400
submita1525
to give over1530
subscribe1560
yield1576
come1607
to give in1616
to give the stoop1623
buckle1642
incumb1656
to knock under board, under (the) table1692
capitulate1714
to strike underc1730
knuckle down1735
cave1844
to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860
incline1866
to give (it) best1878
give way1879
to roll over1919
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 260 Outwardly they..seeme to crouch and buckle.
1664 S. Pepys Diary 17 Dec. (1971) V. 348 The Duch, as high as they seem, do begin to buckle.
1703 J. Savage tr. Select Coll. Lett. Antients lxxii. 212 Consider, how many great Nations..they have..forc'd to Buckle.
1864 E. Capern Devon Provincialism ‘To make him buckle’ is To make him yield.

Compounds

† buckle-beggar n. Scottish Obsolete a clergyman who performs irregular marriages, a hedge-priest.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ignorant > performing irregular marriages
buckle-beggarc1700
knit-beggar1700
couple-beggar1702
c1700 Ld. Fountainhill Diary in Larwood Bk. Cleric. Anecd. 294 He after turn'd a buckle-beggar, i.e. one who married without licence.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 134 A hedge-parson, or buckle-beggar..sate on the Duke's left.
† buckle-bosom n. Obsolete a catchpoll, constable.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff
beadlec1000
ridemanlOE
cacherela1325
outrider1332
bailiff1377
catchpolea1382
bailiec1386
officer?1387
sheriff's manc1400
attacher1440
messenger1482
tipped staffc1500
servitor1527
bailie-errant1528
processar1534
bum-bailiff1560
tipstaff1570
nut-hook1600
saffo1607
servera1612
bailiff-errant1612
bum-bailey1615
process servera1616
buckle-bosom1622
bumbee1653
exploiter1653
moar1656
bum1659
bummer1675
bumbail1696
bulldog1699
sheriff's officer1703
bum-trap1749
bound-bailiff1768
shelly-coata1774
body snatcher1778
lurcher1785
fool-finder1796
messenger1801
bugaboo1809
borough-bailiff1812
sheriff mair1812
speciality1815
grab1823
legalist1835
candy man1863
writter1882
sheriff1928
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 63 Buckle-bosomes, Collar-catchers: in a word, they are Sergeants, and Catch-poles.

Draft additions 1993

d. to buckle up: to fasten one's seat-belt. North American.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > fasten seat-belt
to buckle up1976
1976 Forbes 15 Oct. 40/1 As you gulp your martini and buckle up, a silver lining begins to girdle the clouds.
1986 New Yorker 7 Apr. 38/2 She settles in, buckles up, then leans forward and runs one finger over the dashboard.
1987 Los Angeles Times 27 Apr. v. 5/2 The Night Rider and another device, the Night Lighter, with lights that spin around the license plate, are displayed beneath a sign that reads ‘Buckle Up and Light Up!’
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