Matushka
After a debate among themselves, the soldiers buckled on their swords, snatched up their muskets, tore off their tight-fitting Prussian uniforms, and dressed in as many of their old bottle-green jackets as they could find. Then, more like a mob than a military body, they hurried to the Winter Palace, which they found surrounded and guarded by the Izmailovsky and Semyonovsky regiments. The Preobrazhenskys shouted to Catherine, “Matushka, forgive us for coming last. Our officers held us back and, to prove our zeal, we have arrested four of them. We wish the same thing as our brothers.”
from Catherine the Great by Robert Massie
Q1: What is the meaning of Matushka? I guess it is in Russia.
Q2: What does 'buckled on their swords' mean? buckle on = take out ? I found 'buckle' means bend on a dictionary, but it doesn't fit the context.
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- The sword is carried in a scabbard; the scabbard is attached to a belt; the belt is secured to the body with a buckle.
- They put on the belt holding the sword and scabbard.
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0Q1) Beloved Mother - The idea is that she is the Mother of her People.
Q2) They buckled on (ie fastened on) their sword belts - the belts that held their swords.
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