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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A sliding band of rope or metal attaching a spar or sail to a mast while allowing it vertical movement.
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Middle English; earliest use found in Exchequer Accounts. Either aphetic from apparel, or from Middle French parail rigging, or shortened from its etymon Anglo-Norman and Old French apparail, although attested slightly earlier than any of these in the relevant sense
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