buckle

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One of our men had a German belt, and on the buckle were the words "Gott mit Uns" or "God with Us," but they must have a different God from ours if they expect help from Him after the deeds they have done That night, after Tommy and I had taken our turn on the gun, we went down into the dugout and made some tea.

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  1. noun A clasp for fastening two ends, as of straps or a belt, in which a device attached to one of the ends is fitted or coupled to the other.
  2. noun An ornament that resembles this clasp, such as a metal square on a shoe or hat.
  3. noun An instance of bending, warping, or crumpling; a bend or bulge.
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  • And it was the work of fractional seconds to spin the bulb out of its socket and insert the point of the belt buckle--it was the old-fashioned kind of buckle with a point and a series of perforated holes With a cat-spit sputter, colored sparks that foamed out of the socket, the lights went out. —  055 - The Feathered Octopus
  • Whereupon, wild wail of nurses; and his "Mother came screaming," poor mother:-- It is the same small shoe-buckle which is still shown, with a ticket and date to it, "31 December, 1692," in the Berlin Kunstkammer ; for it turned out harmless, after all the screaming; and a few grains of rhubarb restored it safely to the light of day; henceforth a thrice-memorable shoe-buckle. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
  • North Carolina is sometimes described as the buckle on the Bible Belt, and it's social conservatism often affects its politics. —  NewsObserver.com - Home
  • The harness lineup: the bottom buckle is an adjustment buckle, allowing the user to adjust the center line of the harness.
  • Simply wear the supplied 'heavy metal' belt buckle, attach it to the included processor thingie and you're good to go. —  Coolest Gadgets
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

earring ·  bracelet ·  stud ·  strap ·  clasp ·  sandal ·  jewelry ·  scarf ·  belt ·  scabbard ·  cuff ·  ribbon

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buckle:   buckles ·  buckled ·  buckling
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  1. Middle English bokel, from Old French boucle, from Latin buccula, cheek strap of a helmet, diminutive of bucca, cheek.

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  1. Prob., like the simple form buck, of Low German origin; cf. Middle Dutch buchelen, buechelen, boechelen (for *buckelen, etc.—Kilian), strive, tug under a load, = German dial. (Bavarian) reflexive aufbückeln, raise the back, as a cat (literally buckle one's self up); freq. of the verb representing by buck. Cf. Middle Dutch adjective boechel, curved, bent. A different word from buckle, v., though confused with it in some senses.
  2. from buckle, v.; usually referred to buckle, n. Cf. Danish bukkel, a curl.
  3. from Middle English bokle, bokel, bocle, etc., from Old French bocle, bucle, French boucle, the boss of a shield, a ring, a buckle, = Provencal bocla, bloca = Old Spanish bloca = Middle Low German bokele = Middle Dutch boeckel, bockel = Middle High German buckel, boss of a shield, German buckel, a boss, knob, hump, from Middle Latin bucula, buccula, a beaver, a shield, the boss of a shield, a buckle, Latin buccula, a beaver, a little cheek or mouth, diminutive of bucca, cheek: see bucca.
  4. from Middle English buclen, bokelen, boclen, buckle, stud, from Old French *bocler, boucler, French boucler, buckle; from the noun.
 

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