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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
3.
to raise, lower, or move with a parbuckle.
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Parbuckle
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Origin:
1620–30; earlier parbunkel, of uncertain origin
1620–30; earlier parbunkel, of uncertain origin
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