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buntline

(bunt′lin, -līn′)

noun

one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail for use in hoisting the sail to the yard for furling

Origin: bunt + line

See buntline in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A rope that keeps a square sail from bellying when it is being hauled up for furling.

Origin:

Origin: bunt²

Origin: + line¹

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See Edward Zane Carroll Judson.

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