Definition of buntline Buntline

bunt•line

We found 4 definitions of buntline from 3 different sources.

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What does buntline mean?

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

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • buntline (n.)
    One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • buntline
    bunt′līn, n. a rope passing from the foot-rope of a square sail, led up to the masthead and thence on deck, to help in hauling the sail up to the yard

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