parbuckle
parbuckle noun: a kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
Noun
parbuckle (plural parbuckles)
- A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
- A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
Verb
parbuckle (third-person singular simple present parbuckles, present participle parbuckling, simple past and past participle parbuckled)
- To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
parbuckle meaning in Kannada
parbuckle in Kannada
- ಎತ್ತು ಹಗ್ಗ, ಸೇದುವ ಹಗ್ಗ
Forms of parbuckle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | parbuckles |
| alternative form | parbunkell |
| alternative form | parbunkel |
| alternative form | parbunkle |
| alternative form | parbuncle |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | parbuckles |
| present participle | parbuckling |
| past participle | parbuckled |
| past | parbuckled |
Origin of parbuckle
Earliest forms are parbuncle, parbunkel and parbunkle. Of unknown earlier origin. Influenced by buckle and French boucle (“loop”)
Questions about parbuckle
- What does parbuckle mean?
- Parbuckle means a kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
- What is parbuckle in Kannada?
- Parbuckle in Kannada is ಎತ್ತು ಹಗ್ಗ, ಸೇದುವ ಹಗ್ಗ. See Parbuckle meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is parbuckle?
- Parbuckle can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of parbuckle?
- The plural of parbuckle is parbuckles.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: parbuckle (page history and authors); parbuckle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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