buckling

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See also: Bückling

English

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Etymology 1

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From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle +‎ -ing.

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Noun

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buckling (plural bucklings)

  1. The act of fastening a buckle.
  2. (geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
  3. The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).
    • 2021 July 14, “Network News: Network Rail engineers raise Machynlleth bridge”, in RAIL, number 935, page 27:
      Engineers decided not to use hydraulics, to ensure there was no twisting or buckling to the 80-tonne girder structure.
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Adjective

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buckling (comparative more buckling, superlative most buckling)

  1. Wavy; curly, as hair.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Verb

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buckling

  1. present participle and gerund of buckle

References

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buckling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

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From buck +‎ -ling.

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buckling (plural bucklings)

  1. 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,[2] 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.
    • 1997, 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, →ISBN, page 161,
      I milk the goats and put wethers (the castrated bucklings) in the freezer with ducks, chickens, rabbits, and lambs.
Usage notes
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  • (young male goat): Not all sources agree on the exact age range for which this term applies; for example, one source applies it to kids as young as six months.[1]

Etymology 3

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From German Bückling or Swedish böckling. Cognate with Middle High German bockinc and Middle Dutch bocking (itself from bok (buck), referencing the foul smell).

Noun

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buckling (plural bucklings)

  1. Smoked herring.
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References

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  1. ^ Stephen W. Barnett, “Goats”, in Stephen W. Barnett (ed.), Manual of Animal Technology,[1] Blackwell Publishing (2007), →ISBN, page 140: “male from 6 months to 2 years of age”.