Origin of buckle
1300–50; Middle English
bocle < Anglo-French
bo(u)cle, bucle < Latin
buc(c)ula cheekpiece (of a helmet), strip of wood, etc., resembling a cheekpiece, equivalent to
bucc(a) cheek +
-ula
-ule
OTHER WORDS FROM buckle
buck·le·less, adjective re·buck·le, verb, re·buck·led, re·buck·ling.Words nearby buckle
buckish,
buckjump,
buckjumper,
buckjumping,
buckland,
buckle,
buckle down,
buckle under,
buckle up,
buckler,
buckler fern
British Dictionary definitions for buckle up
buckle
/ (ˈbʌkəl) /
noun
a clasp for fastening together two loose ends, esp of a belt or strap, usually consisting of a frame with an attached movable prong
an ornamental representation of a buckle, as on a shoe
a kink, bulge, or other distortion
a buckle in a railway track
verb
to fasten or be fastened with a buckle
to bend or cause to bend out of shape, esp as a result of pressure or heat
Word Origin for buckle
C14: from Old French
bocle, from Latin
buccula a little cheek, hence, cheek strap of a helmet, from
bucca cheek
Idioms and Phrases with buckle up
buckle up
Fasten a seat belt, as in All the children must learn to buckle up as soon as they get in a car. This term came into wide use in the second half of the 1900s, when seat belts became mandatory automobile equipment. Earlier they had been used mainly in airplanes.