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buntline

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bunt⋅line

  [buhnt-lin, -lahyn]
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–noun Nautical.
one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail to haul it up to the yard for furling.
Origin:
1620–30; bunt 2 + line 1

Bunt⋅line

  [buhnt-lin, -lahyn]
–noun
Ned, 1823–86, pen name of Edward Zane Carroll Judson.
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bunt·line   (bŭnt'lĭn, -līn')   
n.  A rope that keeps a square sail from bellying when it is being hauled up for furling.

[bunt2 + line1.]
Bunt·line   (bŭnt'lĭn, -līn')   
See Edward Zane Carroll Judson.
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