buckling
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbʌk.lɪŋ/
Noun

buckling (plural bucklings)

  1. The act of fastening a buckle.
  2. (geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
  3. The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
Adjective

buckling

  1. Wavy; curly, as hair.
Verb
  1. present participle of buckle#English|buckle
Noun

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 1-57061-377-X, 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 0-8121-1478-7, 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 0395901316, page 161,
      I milk the goats and put wethers (the castrated bucklings) in the freezer with ducks, chickens, rabbits, and lambs.
Noun

buckling (plural bucklings)

  1. Smoked herring.



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