buntline

English

Etymology

From bunt +‎ line.

Noun

buntline (plural buntlines)

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

Holonyms

• cordage

Coordinate terms

• clewline

Derived terms

• buntline hitch

Translations

rope to roll up a square sail

• Finnish: kuristin (fi), puukikoortinki, laskosnuora