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Parbuckle

Pär'bŭck-le, n.

noun

n. [Written also parbuncle.] (Naut.) A purchase formed of a single rope around any weighty body, as a spar or cask, by which it is lowered or hoisted.

Pär'bŭck-le, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PARBUCKLED; p. pr. & vb. n. PARBUCKLING.] To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. Totten.