buntline

[ buhnt-lin, -lahyn ]

/ ˈbʌnt lɪn, -ˌlaɪn /

one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail to haul it up to the yard for furling.

Origin of buntline

First recorded in 1620–30; bunt² + line¹

Buntline

[ buhnt-lin, -lahyn ]

/ ˈbʌnt lɪn, -ˌlaɪn /

Ned,1823–86, pen name of Edward Zane Carroll Judson.

Buntline said, 'You must not recite cues; they are for you to speak from—the last words of the persons who speak before you.'

Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. |Prentiss Ingraham
Buffalo Bill has since figured in one of Buntline's Indian romances.

Buffalo Land |W. E. Webb
Buntline said, 'Go ahead with the second act, it's going splendid.'

Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. |Prentiss Ingraham
Peaks, on the main topmast-stay, caught Howe in the very act of passing the gasket through the bight of the buntline.

Down the Rhine |Oliver Optic

Bitts tried to cry out; but when he did so, Phillips ordered the hands at the buntline to haul taut.

Down the Rhine |Oliver Optic

buntline

/ (ˈbʌntlɪn, -ˌlaɪn) /

nautical one of several lines fastened to the foot of a square sail for hauling it up to the yard when furling

C17: from bunt ² + line 1