/pahr"buk'euhl/ , n. , v. , parbuckled, parbuckling .
n.
1. 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.
2. a kind of double sling made with a rope, as around a cask to be raised or lowered.
v.t.
3. to raise, lower, or move with a parbuckle.
[ 1620-30; earlier parbunkel, of uncert. orig. ]