buckling
Collocations
4ADJ.
new, political, twisting, under
VERB + BUCKLING
called, herring
BUCKLING + NOUN
80-tonne, pressures
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
The act of fastening a buckle.
A folding into hills and valleys.
The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).
Engineers decided not to use hydraulics, to ensure there was no twisting or buckling to the 80-tonne girder structure.
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
1994, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Ninth Edition, Sasquatch Books, →ISBN, page 715, If you do have extra milk, then by all means raise your extra bucklings and cull doelings for meat.
1994, Mary C. Smith and David M. Sherman, Goat Medicine, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 429, The newborn doe kids destined to become habitual aborters (and the buckling that carries the trait) are above average in weight and have a very fine haircoat.
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6Engineers decided not to use hydraulics, to ensure there was no twisting or buckling to the 80-tonne girder structure.
Wiktionary1994, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Ninth Edition, Sasquatch Books, →ISBN, page 715, If you do have extra milk, then by all means raise your extra bucklings and cull doelings for me
Wiktionary1994, Mary C. Smith and David M. Sherman, Goat Medicine, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 429, The newborn doe kids destined to become habitual aborters (and the buckling that carries the trait) are
Wiktionary1997, Ruth Schubarth, “Born Backwards”, in Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell M. Collier, and Nancy Curtis (eds.), Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West, Houghton Mifflin Books, →IS
WiktionaryThe leader of the new republic is buckling under political pressures.
Tatoeba · #269129Smoked herring is called buckling.
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