2006-08-23 05:27:43 · 3 answers · asked by JENNIFER H 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Anything. I have read about moving lumber (timber) with one
2006-08-23 05:38:18 · answer #1 · answered by keefer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parbuckle: used in boating (among other things)
A method of lifting a roughly cylindrical object such as a spar. One end of a rope is made fast above the object, a loop of rope is lowered and passed around the object, which can be raised by hauling on the free end of rope.
Parbuckle. An improvised purchase used in hoisting and lowering casks or other cylindrical objects where a tackle or crane is not available. The middle of a rope is secured above the object to be hoisted or lowered, the two ends passed over and under it and then brought back again. Hauling on the two ends raises or lowers the object as desired. This method is extensively used in handling shells in the turrets of men-of-war. The shells being stowed upright, base downward, on the turret floor are easily parbuckled horizontally in the bight of a single rope.
2006-08-23 05:47:43 · answer #2 · answered by Big-Sister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parabuckle, Tiravira (cable); to parabuckle , tiravivar.
Good question,
: a cable could raise/lower many things.
Perhaps a parachute, a paraglider or a paratrooper
Iv'e got it! My temperature - due to the weight of dictionaries carried in search of an answer!
2006-08-23 11:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋