About The Word Parbuckle
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Parbuckle
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What's The Definition Of Parbuckle?Synonyms | Synonyms for Parbuckle: Related Terms | Find terms related to Parbuckle: See Also | Parbuckle In Webster's Dictionary \Par"buc`kle\, n.
(a) 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.
(b) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a
cask, gun, etc.
\Par"buc`kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Parbuckled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Parbuckling}.] To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. --Totten. |
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