- parbuckle⇄noun 1. a device for raising or lowering a heavy object (especially a cylindrical object such as a barrel or naval gun) vertically or in an inclined plane, consisting of a rope the middle of which is looped around a post at the height to which the object
- parbuckle⇄parbuckle, noun, verb, -led,-ling.
- parbuckle⇄v.t. to raise or lower (something) by means of a parbuckle.