buckling

Meanings

1. The act of fastening a buckle.
2. A folding into hills and valleys.
3. The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).

1. Wavy; curly, as hair.

1. present participle and gerund of buckle

1. A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.

1. Smoked herring.

Etymology

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