English

Noun

buckling ‎(plural bucklings)

1. (geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
2. The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.

Adjective

buckling ‎(comparative more buckling, superlative most buckling)

1. Wavy; curly, as hair.

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Verb

buckling

1. present participle of buckle

Etymology 2

buck +‎ -ling.

Noun

buckling ‎(plural bucklings)

1. A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
   • 1994, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Ninth Edition, Sasquatch Books, ISBN 1-57061-377-X, page 715,

     If you do have extra milk, then by all means raise your extra bucklings and cull doelings for meat.

   • 1994, Mary C. Smith and David M. Sherman, Goat Medicine, Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 0-8121-1478-7, page 429,

     The newborn doe kids destined to become habitual aborters (and the buckling that carries the trait) are above average in weight and have a very fine haircoat.

   • 1997, Ruth Schubarth, “Born Backwards”, in Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell M. Collier, and Nancy Curtis (eds.), Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West, Houghton Mifflin Books, ISBN 0395901316, page 161,

     I milk the goats and put wethers (the castrated bucklings) in the freezer with ducks, chickens, rabbits, and lambs.

Usage notes

• (young male goat): Not all sources agree on the exact age range for which this term applies; for example, one source applies it to kids as young as six months.^[1]

Etymology 3

cognate with Middle High German bockinc and Middle Dutch bocking (itself from bok ‎(“buck”), referencing the foul smell)

Noun

buckling ‎(plural bucklings)

1. Smoked herring.

See also

• stockfish

Translations

References

1. ↑ Stephen W. Barnett, “Goats”, in Stephen W. Barnett (ed.), Manual of Animal Technology, Blackwell Publishing (2007), ISBN 0632055936, page 140: “male from 6 months to 2 years of age”.

• Dr. P.A.F. van Veen e.a., Etymologisch Woordenboek. De herkomst van onze woorden., Van Dale Lexicografie, 1989 [Dutch etymological dictionary, in Dutch]
• W. Martin; G[uy] A. J. Tops, et al. (1998) Van Dale Groot Woordenboek Engels–Nederlands [Van Dale Great Dictionary, English–Dutch], volume I, 3rd edition, Utrecht; Antwerp: Van Dale Lexicografie, ISBN 978-90-6648-143-5.