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unˈbuckled, ppl. a.
[un-2 8 and un-1 8.]
a. Having the buckle undone.
b. Having the buckle not fastened.
In quot. c 1723 misused for ‘not unbuckled’ (in sense 2).
c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon i. 42 There sholde ye haue seen..many..helmes vnbocled and sore beten. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 245 His starrie Helme unbuckl'd shew'd him prime In Manhood. c1723Ramsay The Nuptials 145 That zone..lang unbuckled grows a hatefu' thing. 1809Med. Jrnl. XXI. 389 The girths being unbuckled, the whole of the back may be exposed and dressed. 1825Scott Talism. ii, The long and ponderous Gothic war-sword which was flung unbuckled on the same sod. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vii. 220 Whilst in the boats they are to keep them unbuckled. |