Definition of Parbuckle

1. n. A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.

2. v. t. To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.

Definition of Parbuckle

1. [v -KLED, -KLING, -KLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parbuckle

para I
para nut
Para River
para rubber
para rubber tree
parbake
parbaked
parbakes
parbaking
parboil
parboiled
parboiling
parboils
parbreak
parbreaks
parbuckle (current term)
parbuckled
parbuckles
parbuckling
Parcae
parcel
parcel
parceled
parceled out
parceling
parcellation
parcelled
parcelling
parcels
parcel bomb

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