unbuckling

English

Verb

unbuckling

1. present participle and gerund of unbuckle

Noun

unbuckling (plural unbucklings)

1. The act of unfastening a buckle.
   • 1978, Francis Steegmuller, Silence at Salerno: A Comedy of Intrigue, page 148:

     Ladislao, back on deck, watched the three other ceremonial unbucklings.