Definition of Parrel

1. Noun. (nautical) A sliding loop of rope or metal, around the mast of a ship, to which a yard or gaff is fitted ¹

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Definition of Parrel

1. a sliding loop of rope or chain used on a ship [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parrel

parqueting
parquetries
parquetry
parquets
parquette
parquettes
parr
parrakeet
parrakeets
parral
parrals
parranda
parraqua
parraquas
parred
parrel (current term)
parrels
parrhesia
parricidal
parricide
parricides
parricidious
parridge
parridges
parried
parrier
parriers
parries
parrilla
parrillas

Literary usage of Parrel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Professional recollections on points of seamanship, discipline, &c by Francis Liardet (1849)
"... during the watch, if possible. parrel, or parrel-lashing, of top-gallant yard carried away. When the parrel or parrel-lashing of a top-gallant yard is ..."

2. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"When a weather brace carries away, there being no preventer, the yard immediately becomes a lever; the stay, or parrel, or truss, being the fulcrum; ..."

3. Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations by Jacob W. Shoemaker, R. W. Shoemaker, C. C. Shoemaker (1911)
"... reach up dill I vent and get a parrel do stant on; veil, ... I didn't tink I kood go insite a parrel before, put dere I vos, und I fit so dite dot I ..."

4. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1901)
"... and parrel, the bridges over which rivers were entirely in Goring's hands. On the 5th, as he was pushing through Crewkerne, he first came in contact ..."

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