1. A rope or tackle looped around a cylindrical object (such as a barrel or spar) to hoist or lower it.
Usage: nautical; plural form

1. To hoist or lower (a cylindrical object) using a parbuckle.
Usage: nautical; third-person singular present

Examples

• The sailors used parbuckles to safely move the heavy barrels across the deck.
• The crew parbuckles the spar into position on the ship.
• Parbuckles are essential equipment for maritime cargo handling.
• He parbuckles the cylinder up the incline with minimal effort.
• The old maritime manual described several methods for rigging parbuckles.