2. Verb. (third-person singular of buckle) ¹
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Definition of Buckles
1. buckle [v] - See also: buckle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buckles
Literary usage of Buckles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"LY, V. Go. a fess erm. betw. three round buckles or points in chief. ... Or a
fcss betw. three round buckles sa. Soi.ENS, V. Or a fess vert betw. three ..."
2. The Arts in Early England by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1915)
"It was noted in connection with the last that buckles both in the simplest and in an
... There are two enriched buckles here of special interest, Nos. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe (1856)
"Shoes and buckles. The business of a shoemaker is of great antiquity. ... In an
Irish abbey a human skeleton was found with marks of buckles on the shoes. ..."
4. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"These may appear as buckles, kinks, overfills, underfills, slivers, ... However,
all sections should be rolled as free from buckles and kinks as possible. ..."
5. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe, New York Museum of Science and Industry Library (1852)
"~Shoes and buckles. The business of a shoemaker is of great antiquity. ...
In an Irish abbey a human skeleton was found with marks of buckles on the shoes. ..."
6. Milledulcia: A Thousand Pleasant Things. Selected from Notes and Queries by Robert Conger Pell (1857)
"buckles.—Charles II. attempted in 1666 to introduce what was called a Persian
dress (Evelyn's Mem., vol. ip 398) into national use. ..."
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