buckling
buckling Lexical Profile
buckling Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The sudden bending, warping, or crumpling of a structural component (such as a column, beam, or plate) when subjected to high compressive stress.
"The civil engineers reinforced the steel columns to prevent buckling under the weight of the upper floors."
The act or process of fastening something with a buckle.
"The quick buckling of everyone's seatbelts allowed the flight crew to prepare for takeoff on schedule."
A whole herring that has been lightly salted and hot-smoked to a golden-brown color, traditionally eaten in northern and central Europe.
"At the seaside market in northern Germany, they bought freshly smoked buckling served on dark rye bread."
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Word Origin & Etymology
In its structural and general senses, it derives from the verb 'buckle' (from Old French 'bocle', meaning the boss of a shield or a metal clasp) plus the suffix '-ing'. In its culinary sense meaning a hot-smoked herring, it was borrowed from German 'Bückling' or Middle Low German 'buckinc'.