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parbuckle

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par⋅buck⋅le

  [pahr-buhk-uhl] noun, verb, -led, -ling.
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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.
Origin:
1620–30; earlier parbunkel, of uncert. orig.
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par·buck·le   (pär'bŭk'əl)   
n.  

  1. A rope sling for rolling cylindrical objects up or down an inclined plane.

  2. A sling for raising or lowering an object vertically.

tr.v.   par·buck·led, par·buck·ling, par·buck·les
To raise or lower with such a sling.

[Alteration (influenced by buckle) of parbunkel.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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