Buckling

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbÊŒk.lɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒklɪŋ

From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing.

Full definition of buckling

Noun

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

Adjective

1. Wavy; curly, as hair.

Verb

present participle

1. Present participle of buckle

buck + -ling.

Noun

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,^{http://books.google.com/books?id=nWCLpQFrdnMC} 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.

Stephen W. Barnett, “Goats”, in Stephen W. Barnett (ed.), Manual of Animal Technology,

http://books.google.com/books?id=Jv8jIGZ2HGsC Blackwell Publishing (2007), ISBN 0632055936, page 140: “male from 6 months to 2 years of age”.

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

Noun

1. Smoked herring