I. ˈpärˌbəkəl noun
Etymology: alteration (influenced by buckle ) of earlier parbunkel, of unknown origin
1. : a purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical object (as a cask) by making fast the middle of a long rope aloft and looping both ends around the object which rests in the loops and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or paid out
2. : a double sling made of a single rope for slinging a cask, gun, or other object
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II. transitive verb
: to hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle