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

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parrel

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 William Hope Hodgson

"Wheneffer," he said, "you need a parrel of flour or something, you comes to me py my store."

From The Spread Eagle and Other Stories by Gouverneur Morris

Spherical pieces of wood, termed bull's-eyes, having a hole through them, in which is inserted the rope of the parrel.

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 Sir Edward Belcher

But der Younger bick der parrel oop und schwig him all at one.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland

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

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