Short pieces of rope with a thimble in one end, the other whipped; the buntlines are rove through these thimbles: they are attached to the tie-blocks to keep the sail in the bunt when hauled up.
·noun One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The lining sewed up the fore-part of the sail in the direction of the buntline to prevent that rope ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
An eye worked into the bolt-rope of a sail, to receive a buntline. This is only in top-gallant sails...
See buntlines and toggle. ...