buckling
- Noun. (geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
- Noun. The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
- Verb. (present participle of, buckle) .
- Noun. A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.Technical Development Committee of the National Veterinary Association of Great Britain and Ireland, ''The Husbandry and Diseases of Goats'',[http://books.google.com/books?id=vCZHAAAAMAAJ] published 1950, page 6: “‘Goatling’ refers to a female yearling; ‘buckling’ to a male yearling.” “buckling” in Robert Alan Lewis, ''CRC Dictionary of Agricultural Sciences'',[http://books.google.com/books?id=TwRUZK0WTWAC] CRC Press (2002), ISBN 0-8493-2327-4, page 220: “a male goat, 1 to 2 years of age”. W. A. Greig and George Amos Banham, ''Banham’s The Veterinary Surgeons’ Vade Mecum (formerly Veterinary Posology and Other Information)'',[http://books.google.com/books?id=GKgwAAAAIAAJ] Baillière, Tindall and Cox (1952), page 166: “a male between one and two years of age”..
- Noun. Smoked herring.
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