Meaning of buntline | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.
2. Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.

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Examples

“The only sail⟳ that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control⟳ absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail⟳ on the fore and main. We control⟳ the braces on the mizzen, although they control⟳ the canvas on the mizzen.”

““Cast⟳ off the topsail sheets, clew garnets, leechlines and buntlines!” The order⟳ came thinly through the roar of the wind.”

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