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   Parbuckle
   Par'buc`kle noun (a) 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...
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   Parbuckle
   Par'buc`kle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Parbuckled ; present participle & verbal noun Parbuckling .] To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. Totten.
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   Parbuckle
   • (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. • (n.) A double sling made of a...
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   Parbuckle
   A parbuckle is a rope used for raising or lowering casks and other cylindrical objects. The rope is secured at the middle at the upper level and both ends are passed under and around the object and then hauled or let out slowly, this being known as parbuckling.
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   Parbuckle
   A method of lifting a roughly cylindrical object such as a spar. One end of a rope is made fast above the object, a loop of rope is lowered and passed around the object, which can be raised by hauling on the free end of rope.
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   Parbuckle
   A method of lifting a roughly cylindrical object such as a spar. One end of a rope is made fast above the object, a loop of rope is lowered and passed around the object, which can be raised by hauling on the free end of rope.
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms
   
   

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