parbuckle
Meaning of parbuckle
noun
a loop of rope arranged like a sling, used for raising or lowering casks and other cylindrical objects.
verb- raise or lower with a parbuckle.
the gun has to be parbuckled across a ditch
early 17th century: from earlier parbunkle, of unknown origin. The change in the ending was due to association with buckle.
Information about parbuckle
- The plural form of parbuckle is: parbuckles.
- Languages in which parbuckle is used:
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Hyphenation of parbuckle
par-buckle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- parbuckle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with parbuckle
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