par·buck·le (pär′bŭk′əl ) n. 1. A rope sling for rolling cylindrical objects up or down an inclined plane.
2. A sling for raising or lowering an object vertically.
tr.v. par·buck·led, par·buck·ling, par·buck·les To raise or lower with such a sling.
[Alteration (influenced by
buckle ) of Early Modern English
parbunkel , probably a borrowing from a language of the North Sea region :
par- , akin to Dutch
paar and Danish and Norwegian
par ,
pair (in reference to the paired loops of rope used to parbuckle barrels up an incline; ultimately from Latin
pār ,
pair ; see
pair ) +
bunkel ,
perhaps meaning "loop" (of unknown origin) .]
parbuckle (ˈpɑːˌbʌkəl ) n (Mechanical Engineering) a rope sling for lifting or lowering a heavy cylindrical object, such as a cask or tree trunk
vb (Mechanical Engineering) (tr ) to raise or lower (an object) with such a sling
[C17 parbunkel: of uncertain origin]
par•buck•le (ˈpɑrˌbʌk əl) n., v. -led, -ling. n. 1. a tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or vertical surface.
2. a double sling made with a rope, as around a cask to be raised or lowered.
v.t. 3. to move with a parbuckle.
[1620–30; earlier parbunkel, of uncertain orig.]
parbuckle Past participle: parbuckledGerund: parbucklingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative parbuckle parbuckle
Present I parbuckle you parbuckle he/she/it parbuckles we parbuckle you parbuckle they parbuckle
Preterite I parbuckled you parbuckled he/she/it parbuckled we parbuckled you parbuckled they parbuckled
Present Continuous I am parbuckling you are parbuckling he/she/it is parbuckling we are parbuckling you are parbuckling they are parbuckling
Present Perfect I have parbuckled you have parbuckled he/she/it has parbuckled we have parbuckled you have parbuckled they have parbuckled
Past Continuous I was parbuckling you were parbuckling he/she/it was parbuckling we were parbuckling you were parbuckling they were parbuckling
Past Perfect I had parbuckled you had parbuckled he/she/it had parbuckled we had parbuckled you had parbuckled they had parbuckled
Future I will parbuckle you will parbuckle he/she/it will parbuckle we will parbuckle you will parbuckle they will parbuckle
Future Perfect I will have parbuckled you will have parbuckled he/she/it will have parbuckled we will have parbuckled you will have parbuckled they will have parbuckled
Future Continuous I will be parbuckling you will be parbuckling he/she/it will be parbuckling we will be parbuckling you will be parbuckling they will be parbuckling
Present Perfect Continuous I have been parbuckling you have been parbuckling he/she/it has been parbuckling we have been parbuckling you have been parbuckling they have been parbuckling
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been parbuckling you will have been parbuckling he/she/it will have been parbuckling we will have been parbuckling you will have been parbuckling they will have been parbuckling
Past Perfect Continuous I had been parbuckling you had been parbuckling he/she/it had been parbuckling we had been parbuckling you had been parbuckling they had been parbuckling
Conditional I would parbuckle you would parbuckle he/she/it would parbuckle we would parbuckle you would parbuckle they would parbuckle
Past Conditional I would have parbuckled you would have parbuckled he/she/it would have parbuckled we would have parbuckled you would have parbuckled they would have parbuckled