That part of a rope-truss which goes round the yard.
·noun A chimney-piece. II. Parrel ·noun The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the m...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. II. Truss ·noun To bind or pack close; to make int...
The trusses or parrels of the lower yards serve to bind them to their masts and are bowsed taut when...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Is formed of a single rope well served, and fitted with an eye at each end; this being passed round ...
·- A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss. ...
Synonymous with clasp-hoops for masts or spars; they are open iron hoops, so made that their ends, b...
That part of a rope-truss into which the truss-tackle blocks are seized. ...
The fillings in between the frame compartments of the riders, in diagonal trussing. ...
A gun-tackle purchase applied to the ends of the truss-pendants, to bowse them taut home to the mast...
Is composed of a single rope passing through a number of bull's-eye trucks, sufficient to embrace th...
To brail up a sail suddenly; to toss up a bunt. ...
An old species of parrel having alternate ribs and bull's-eyes; the ribs were pieces of wood, each a...
, or jaw parrels. This is formed by passing the two parts of the parrel-rope through the two holes...