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buntline

/buhnt-lin, -lahyn/US // ˈbʌnt lɪn, -ˌlaɪn //UK // (ˈbʌntlɪn, -ˌlaɪn) //

阴线,阴阳线,阴阳师,阴阳合同

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail to haul it up to the yard for furling.

Examples

  • Peaks, on the main topmast-stay, caught Howe in the very act of passing the gasket through the bight of the buntline.

  • Bitts tried to cry out; but when he did so, Phillips ordered the hands at the buntline to haul taut.

  • Why, that same Seldom Helward I ironed and ran up on the fall of a main-buntline.

  • Buntline said, 'You must not recite cues; they are for you to speak from—the last words of the persons who speak before you.'

  • Buntline surprised us all by saying that he had not written the drama yet, but would do so at once.