parbuckle

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Synonyms: arbuckle, parbuckled, parbuckles

Antonyms: arbuckle, parbuckled, parbuckles

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Noun

1. A kind of [[purchase#tackle_sense_anchor|purchase]] for [[hoist]]ing or [[lower]]ing a [[cylindrical]] [[burden]], as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened [[aloft]], and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
2. A double [[sling]] made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.

Verb

1. To [[hoist]] or lower by means of a parbuckle

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