parbuckle

(pärbuk′əl)

noun

  1. a sling for a log, barrel, etc., made by passing a doubled rope around the object and pulling the rope ends through the loop
  2. a device for raising or lowering a cylindrical object, consisting of a doubled rope, the middle of which is secured at a given height and the ends passed around the object so that it will move up and down as the ends are hauled in or payed out

Origin: altered (infl. by buckle) < Early ModE parbunkel

transitive verb parbuckled, parbuckling

to raise or lower by using a parbuckle

See parbuckle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A rope sling for rolling cylindrical objects up or down an inclined plane.
  2. A sling for raising or lowering an object vertically.
transitive verb par·buck·led, par·buck·ling, par·buck·les
To raise or lower with such a sling.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration (influenced by buckle)

Origin: of parbunkel

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