Buntline

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.
  2. 2
    Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.

    "The only sail that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main. We control the braces on the mizzen, although they control the canvas on the mizzen."

Synonyms

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clewlineriggingrope

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"The only sail that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main. We control the braces on the mizzen, although they control the canvas on the mizzen."

Etymology

From bunt + line.

Related phrases

buntline hitchsquare sail

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