释义 |
par·buck·le I. \ˈpärˌbəkəl\ noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by buckle) of earlier parbunkel, of unknown origin 1. : a purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical object (as a cask) by making fast the middle of a long 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 2. : a double sling made of a single rope for slinging a cask, gun, or other object
II. transitive verb : to hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle |