- buntline
- noun Date: 1627 one of the lines attached to the foot of a square sail to haul the sail up to the yard for furling
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Buntline — Bunt line, n. [2d bunt + line.] (Naut.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buntline — [bunt′lin, bunt′līn΄] n. [ BUNT3 + LINE1] one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail for use in hoisting the sail to the yard for furling … English World dictionary
Buntline — Ned Buntline (* 20. März 1823 in Stamford, Delaware County, New York; † 16. Juli 1886 ebenda) war das Pseudonym von Edward Zane Carroll Judson (E.Z.C. Judson), einem US amerikanischen Herausgeber, Journalisten, Schriftsteller und Publizisten, der … Deutsch Wikipedia
Buntline — Ned Buntline nom de plume of Edward ZC Judson … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Buntline hitch — Knot details name= Buntline hitch caption=Left: Buntline hitch Right: Slipped buntline hitch names= Studding sail tack bend, Inside clove hitch type= hitch strength= origin= related= Clove hitch, Two half hitches, Lobster buoy hitch releasing=… … Wikipedia
buntline — /bunt lin, luyn /, n. Naut. one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail to haul it up to the yard for furling. [1620 30; BUNT2 + LINE1] * * * … Universalium
buntline — noun a) A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel. b) Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard. See Also: clewline … Wiktionary
buntline — rope attached to middle of square sail to haul it up to the yard Nautical Terms … Phrontistery dictionary
buntline — [ bʌntlʌɪn] noun a line for restraining the loose centre of a sail while it is furled … English new terms dictionary
buntline — bunt·line … English syllables
