Buntline
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Buntline is a noun meaning A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.
Meaning
A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.
More Meanings
- (nautical) Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.
Example Sentences
“Cast off the topsail sheets, clew garnets, leechlines and buntlines!” The order came thinly through the roar of the wind.
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.
Word Forms
- buntlines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ned, six-gun, snubby, smallbore, drilling, revolver.
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