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| breeches buoy |
a nautical rescue device consisting of a canvas sling with leg holes that is suspended from a life preserver, used to transfer the rescued person up a rope to a ship. |
| gondola |
a basket, car, or sling suspended below a balloon or dirigible, used for carrying passengers or instruments. [1/5 definitions] |
| parbuckle |
a rope sling used to raise or lower an object vertically, formed by doubling the rope, wrapping it around the object, and slipping its two ends through the loop thus formed. [2/3 definitions] |
| sling1 |
to lift, support, or move with a sling. [1/5 definitions] |
| slung |
past tense and past participle of sling1. |
| unsling |
to take out of a sling, or to remove from a slung position. [1/2 definitions] |
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