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Webster 1913 Edition


Parrel

{

Par′ral

,

Par′rel

, }
Noun.
[F.
appareil
. See
Apparel
,
Noun.
]
1.
(Naut.)
The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.
Totten.
2.
A chimney-piece.
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Parrel

PAR'REL

,
Noun.
[L. paro. It coincides with apparel, which see.]
Among seamen, an apparatus or frame made or ropes, trucks and ribs, so contrived as to go round the mast, and being fastened at both ends to a yard, serves to hoist it.

Definition 2024


parrel

parrel

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Noun

parrel (plural parrels)

  1. (nautical) A sliding loop of rope or metal, around the mast of a ship, to which a yard or gaff is fitted.

Derived terms

  • parrel bead

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