单词 | parbuckle |
释义 | parbuckle /pahr"buk'euhl/, n. , v. , parbuckled, parbuckling. n. 1. a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved. 2. a kind of double sling made with a rope, as around a cask to be raised or lowered. v.t. 3. to raise, lower, or move with a parbuckle. [1620-30; earlier parbunkel, of uncert. orig.] |
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