Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A buckle for fastening the shoe on the foot, generally by means of a latchet or strip passing over the instep, of the same material as the shoe.

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Examples

  • He also invented Maraschino punch, a shoe-buckle (this was in the vigour of his youth, and the prime force of his invention), and a

    The Book of Snobs 2006

  • When he quitted the apartment in which he was first confined, the walls were found covered with verses written by him in finely formed characters with the tongue of his shoe-buckle.

    Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison

  • The Order of the Garter tells of a monarch's caprice; the shoe-buckle and the horseshoe have crept up into the highest rank of ornaments.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • Another smashed through a boat, and passed between Nelson and Hardy, bruising the latter's foot, and taking away a shoe-buckle.

    Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

  • "Well, I will wager my shoe-buckle, that the one on the bank is Kittie, and the hatless one Kat," was the quiet response.

    Six Girls A Home Story Fannie Belle Irving

  • Miss Delehanty raised her face from over a shoe-buckle.

    Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928

  • His Grace stretched out his leg and surveyed his shoe-buckle through half-closed lids.

    The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921

  • He may at the utmost aspire to introduce an innovation in evening dress, -- the Prince Regent, for instance, has invented a really very creditable shoe-buckle.

    The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918

  • He told him that, when he felt his end to be very near at hand, he would send him, in gratitude for the kindness which the Persian had once shown him, that which he held dearest in the world: all Christine Daaé's papers, which she had written for Raoul's benefit and left with Erik, together with a few objects belonging to her, such as a pair of gloves, a shoe-buckle and two pocket-handkerchiefs.

    The Phantom of the Opera 1911

  • He may at the utmost aspire to introduce an innovation in evening dress, -- the Prince Regent, for instance, has invented a really very creditable shoe-buckle.

    The Certain Hour 1909

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