BUCKLE

buckle. Buckle, n. a fastening, ornament, curl of hair

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Buc″kle (�), n. [[OE. bocle buckle, boss of a shield, OF. bocle, F. boucle, boss of a shield, ring, fr. L. buccula a little cheek or mouth, dim. of bucca cheek; this boss or knob resembling a cheek.]] 1. 1. A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.
2. 2. A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal. Knight.
3. 3. A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
Earlocks in tight buckles on each side of a lantern face. W. Irving. Lets his wig lie in buckle for a whole half year. Addison. 4. 4. A contorted expression, as of the face.
'Gainst nature armed by gravity, His features too in buckle see. Churchill.