un-buckle

un·buck·le

[uhn-buhk-uhl] verb, un·buck·led, un·buck·ling.
verb (used without object)
1.
to unfasten the buckle or buckles of.
2.
to undo a buckle.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English unboclen. See un-2, buckle

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unbuckle
late 14c., from un- (2) + buckle (v.).
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