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

I told Howe not to carry the end of the buntline too far.

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

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

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

From The Ghost Pirates by Hodgson, William Hope

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

He would walk along the deck and jerk each buntline in passing—and then order lads aloft to overhaul and stop the lines again.

From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman