parrel

American  

[par-uhl] / ˈpær əl /

Or parral

noun

1. Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.

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parrel British  

/ ˈpærəl /

noun

1. nautical a ring that holds the jaws of a boom to the mast but lets it slide up and down

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Etymology

Origin of parrel

1425–75; late Middle English perell, variant of Middle English parail, aphetic variant of aparail apparel

Example Sentences

There was a period of time, filled only by the clicking of the pawls and the sounds of the creaking parrel and the running gear.

From The Ghost Pirates by Hodgson, William Hope

Simultaneously, there was the shrieking of a parrel, up the main; and I knew that someone, or something, had let go the main-topsail haul-yards.

From The Ghost Pirates by Hodgson, William Hope

Small wonder that every whisper, every creak of block or parrel, caused him to jump to the compass—a steering order all but spoken.

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.

Alas, I am a gentleman of good fame and name, majestical, in parrel comely, in gate portly.

From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

"Uff ve can got der parrel apart, we might do somedings vid der staves—vot you t'ink apoud dot?"

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