4. A contorted expression, as of the face. [R.]

'Gainst nature armed by gravity,

His features too in buckle see.

Churchill.

Buc"kle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buckled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Buckling.] [OE. boclen, F. boucler. See Buckle, n.] 1. To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.

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