parrel (parel)

11. Same as parell.-2. The rope or chain by which the middle of a yard is fastened to the mast; a breast-rope or breast chain. Also parral. The parrels , lifts, and clue lines soon are gone; Topp'd and unrigg'd, they down the back stays run. Falconer , Shipwreck, ii. 3. In arch., a chimney-piece; the ornaments or dre ing of a fireplace. - Parrel-lashing, the lashing by which the two eyes of a rope parrel are secured together. parrelt, v. t. A variant of parell. parrel-rope (par'el-rōp), n. Same as parrel, 2. Small wooden parrel-truck (par'el-truk), n. balls strung on the jaw-rope of a gaff or the parrel of a yard to obviate friction in hoist IMG:content-2380.png:[blocks in formation]