buntline

¹ American  

[buhnt-lin, -lahyn] / ˈbʌnt lɪn, -ˌlaɪn /

noun

Nautical.

1. one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail to haul it up to the yard for furling.

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Buntline ² American  

[buhnt-lin, -lahyn] / ˈbʌnt lɪn, -ˌlaɪn /

noun

1. Ned, 1823–86, pen name of Edward Zane Carroll Judson.

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buntline British  

/ -ˌlaɪn, ˈbʌntlɪn /

noun

1. nautical one of several lines fastened to the foot of a square sail for hauling it up to the yard when furling

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Etymology

Origin of buntline

First recorded in 1620–30; bunt ² + line ¹

Example Sentences

Bights of buntline and other ropes were dangling from above, only waiting to be swung from.

From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

All this time, I was busily working, unreeving the port buntline.

From The Ghost Pirates by Hodgson, William Hope

Bitts tried to cry out; but when he did so, Phillips ordered the hands at the buntline to haul taut.

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver

The terms applicable to the parts of a sail comprise:—Seaming the cloths together; cutting the gores; tabling and sewing on the reef, belly, lining, and buntline bands, roping, and marling on the clues and foot-rope.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Peaks, on the main topmast-stay, caught Howe in the very act of passing the gasket through the bight of the buntline.

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver