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buckle (v.1)
late 14c.,
bokelen
, "to fasten with a buckle," from
buckle
(n.). Related:
Buckled
;
buckling
. To
buckle down
"apply effort, settle down," (1874) is said to be a variant of
knuckle down
(see
knuckle
).