Parbuckle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rope sling for rolling cylindrical objects up or down an inclined plane.
  • n. A sling for raising or lowering an object vertically.
  • v. To raise or lower with such a sling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.
  • n. A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
  • v. To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.
  • n. A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
  • v. To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A device for raising or lowering a heavy body, as a cask, gun, etc., along an inclined plane or vertical surface.
  • To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
  • Word Usage
    ""parbuckle" on board her spars lying alongside her in the stream, fit her rigging, bend her sails, stow her hold, and present her all a-taunt-o to the men who were to sail her."
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