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Buntline

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Bunt·line  (bntln, -ln), Ned
See Edward Zane Carroll Judson.
bunt·line  (bntln, -ln)
n.
A rope that keeps a square sail from bellying when it is being hauled up for furling.
[bunt + line.]
buntline [ˈbʌntlɪn -ˌlaɪn]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical one of several lines fastened to the foot of a square sail for hauling it up to the yard when furling
[from bunt2 + line1]


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All hands obeyed, and at once the eight or ten seamen who composed the crew, sprang to their respective stations at the spanker brails and outhaul, topsail sheets and halyards, the jib downhaul, and the topsail clewlines and buntlines.
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