parbuckle - To roll a spar, cask, etc., by placing it in the bight of a rope, one end of which is fast, the other hauled upon.
parcel - Wraping tape (or other material) around a line (or wire) to prevent chafing.
parbuckle
A device for hoisting an object onto the deck. A line or strap is secured on deck, then passed over the side and under the object, and then hauled from deck or by a halyard.
Parbuckle - A means of hauling up or lowering a cylindrical object.
Parcel a Rope - To put a narrow piece of canvas around it after it has been wormed, and before it has been served.
Parbuckle: A method of lifting a roughly cylindrical object such as a spar. One end of a rope is made fast above the object, a loop of rope is lowered and passed around the object, which can be raised by hauling on the free end of rope.
 See also: Beam, Compass, Keel, Counter, Line
  
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