Lectionary Calendar
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Parbuckle
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(1):
(n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parbuckle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/parbuckle.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parbuckle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/parbuckle.html. 1828.
