BUCKLE, a well known utensil, made of divers sorts of metals, as gold, silver, steel, brass, &c.

The fashion or form of buckles is various; but their use, in general, is to make fast certain parts of dress, as the shoes, garters, &c.

Buckles for girdles pay a duty of 3s. 10\frac{1}{2}d. the gross, or twelve dozen; whereof 1s. 4\frac{1}{2}d. is drawn back on exportation. Buckles for girts pay likewise a duty of 1s. 5\frac{1}{2}d. the gross; and both these pay somewhat more, if of brass. But it is to be observed, that all buckles are prohibited to be imported.