parbuckle 的 2 个定义
- a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- a kind of double sling made with a rope, as around a cask to be raised or lowered.
par·buck·led, par·buck·ling.
- to raise, lower, or move with a parbuckle.
更多parbuckle例句
- Techniques used to “parbuckle” or pull the giant ship upright last September have set the standard in maritime salvage.
- A light yarding or a land clearing donkey furnishes the power to parbuckle the logs into the water.
- Mr. Parbuckle, he ordered me to pacify 'em, an' I was a-doin' the best I could.
- “We must pass straps round this, and parbuckle him up,” he observed.
- There was a hearty assent, as Syd said to himself, “What does he mean by ‘parbuckle’?”