| 释义 | ▪ I. parrel, parral, n. Naut.|ˈpærəl|
Forms: 5 perell, 6 parle, 7 parel, parrell, (8 pareil), 7– parrel, 9 parral.
[app. the same word as parel n. Cf. OF. parail rigging (1345 in Godef.).]
A band of rope, chain, or iron collar by which the middle of a yard is fastened to a mast.
1485Naval Accts. Hen. VII (1896) 37 Layners for the truss perell. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Racamenta, the parle of a ships yard, Aplustre. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. v. 20 Parrels are little round Balls called Trucks, and little peeces of wood called ribs, and ropes which doe incircle the Masts, and so made fast to the Yards, that the Yards may slip vp and downe easily vpon the Masts. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton xi. (1840) 192 The pareil of the mizen topsail yard..giving way. 1764Veitch in Phil. Trans. LIV. 286 From the parrel of the main-yard down to the upper deck of the ship. Ibid. 288. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 518 Parrals, or Parrels. Those bands of rope, or sometimes iron collars, by which the centres of yards are fastened at the slings to the masts, so as to slide up and down freely.
b. Comb., as parrel-lashing, parrel-rope, parrel-truck.
1711W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 142 Parrel Rope, as big as the Pendants of the Brace. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Parrel-rope. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. s.v., The parral..has strung upon it parral-trucks, that is, small wooden globes to prevent friction..in hoisting or lowering.
Hence ˈparrel, parral v., to fasten by means of a parrel (in quot. 1895 intr. for refl.).
c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 49 The masthead men parrel the yard. 1895Outing (U.S.) Apr. 46/1 Hook them on to the trysail gaff, the jaws of which parral on to the mast.
▪ II. parrel(l, parrer, parresche, parret, parrettor
obs. ff. parel, peril, parure, parish, parrot, paritor. |
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