buntlinen.

/ˈbʌntˌlʌɪn/

Etymology: < bunt n.¹ + line n.²

Nautical.

A rope fastened to the foot-rope of a sail and passing in front of the canvas, so as to prevent it from ‘bellying’ when being furled.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for furling sails

wyning1295

brailsa1450

clew-garnet1626

furling-line1626

buntline1627

clew-line1627

slabline1647

peak-brail1711

throat brail1769

buntline-span1882

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 22 Bunt lines is..a small rope..to trice or draw vp the Bunt of the saile, when you farthell or make it vp.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. x. 98 Endeavouring to hand the top-sails, the clew-lines and bunt-lines broke.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 70 The jigger was bent on to the slack of the buntlines.

Compounds

C1. buntline-cringle, buntline-toggle, etc.

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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. s.v. Buntlines To this buntline-toggle, the buntline attaches by an eye or loop.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 38 The buntline patches, four in number, are placed at equal distances apart along the foot, extending from foot to middle or belly band.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 53 Q. What are buntline toggles? A. Toggles at the foot of the sail to which the buntlines are toggled.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 159 The buntline-whip is rove through the lower sheave of the buntline-block.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Buntline-lizard, a piece of rope having two legs, with thimbles spliced into the ends, through which the buntlines reeve.

C2.

buntline-cloth n.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > material of sails > piece of canvas strengthening sail > in direction of buntline

buntline-cloth1794

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 86 Buntline Cloth, the lining sewed up the sail, in the direction of the buntline, to prevent the sail being chafed.

buntline-span (see quots.).

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