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PARBUCKLE

\pˈɑːbʌkə͡l], \pˈɑːbʌkə‍l], \p_ˈɑː_b_ʌ_k_əl]\

Definitions of PARBUCKLE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

n. Among seamen, a purchase formed of a single rope around any weighty body, as a spar or cask, by which it is lowered or hoisted.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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