parbuckling

Variant of parbuckle

parbuckle definition

par·buckle (pär′buk′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

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

transitive verb parbuckled -·led, parbuckling -·ling

to raise or lower by using a parbuckle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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