Illustration of parbuckle
parbuckle
noun
par·buck·le ˈpär-ˌbə-kəl 
: an arrangement of rope for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical object by making fast the middle of the rope aloft and looping both ends around the object which rests in the loops and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or paid out
also : a single line made fast at one end and passed around an object that is used similarly
parbuckle transitive verb
Word History
Etymology
origin unknown
First Known Use
circa 1625, in the meaning defined above