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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Parbuckle" Definition
noun
A rope sling for rolling cylindrical objects up or down an inclined plane.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A sling for raising or lowering an object vertically.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical object 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.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A single line made fast at one end and passed around an object that is used similarly.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
To raise or lower with such a sling.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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