UNBUCKLE

unbuckle

(verb) undo the buckle of; “Unbuckle your seat belt”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

unbuckle (third-person singular simple present unbuckles, present participle unbuckling, simple past and past participle unbuckled)

(transitive) to unfasten (the buckle of (a belt, shoe, etc))

Source: Wiktionary


Un*buc"kle, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + buckle.]

Definition: To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. "Unbuckle anon thy purse." Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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