kneebuckle
kneebuckle noun: a buckle that fastens the kneeband on a leg of a pair of knee breeches.
Noun
kneebuckle (plural kneebuckles)
- A buckle that fastens the kneeband on a leg of a pair of knee breeches.
- By the bye a droll accident happened here on Thursday, Wadd and Plumley got quarrelling about a kneebuckle of Hyde's which the latter affirmed not to be standard; Wadd was nettled at this, and said something reflecting on tradesmen and shopkeepers, and Plumley struck him.1888, Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger, The Letters of Charles Lamb - Volume 2, page 18
- On an indictment on the 12 Geo. 2, c. 26, s. 8, 31 Geo. 2, 32, s. 14, and 24 Geo. 3, c 53, s. 16, for removing from one silver kneebuckle to another silver kneebuckle certain stamps, marks, and impressions, to wit, the King's head and the lion rampant, with intent to defraud the King, against the...1896, Sir William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep, A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors - Volume 2, page 723
Forms of kneebuckle
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Origin of kneebuckle
From knee + buckle.
Questions about kneebuckle
- What does kneebuckle mean?
- Kneebuckle means a buckle that fastens the kneeband on a leg of a pair of knee breeches.
- What part of speech is kneebuckle?
- Kneebuckle is a noun.
- What is the plural of kneebuckle?
- The plural of kneebuckle is kneebuckles.
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