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buntline coil

buntline coil

9.9
A neat way of coiling rope so it does not tangle, often on ships
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : bobina de bungee
  • Properly making a buntline coil helps ensure ropes are ready for immediate use.

Examples

  • The sailor demonstrated how to neatly arrange the rope using a buntline coil.

  • After using the rope, he always ties a buntline coil.

  • After washing the deck, she put the hose away in a buntline coil to keep it tidy.

  • The sailor demonstrated how to make a buntline coil.

  • After washing the deck, she put the hose away in a buntline coil to keep it tidy.

  • Properly making a buntline coil helps ensure ropes are ready for immediate use.

  • The sailor demonstrated how to neatly arrange the rope using a buntline coil.

Synonyms

coil
vsbuntline coil
20 3.7

A length of wire or rope wound in loops

describes a specific rope storage method to prevent tangling on ships
gasket coil
vsbuntline coil
  • Jargon
7.7

A neat way to coil rope so it does not tangle

is focused on shipboard storage to prevent tangling rather than general use

Surface Forms

buntline coil singular
buntline coils plural

Morphology

buntline + coil

The compound denotes a coil made from buntline rope and is directly compositional: 'buntline' names the specific rope and 'coil' names a rolled-up series of loops, so the phrase straightforwardly means a coiled buntline used for storage. Although 'buntline' is specialized nautical vocabulary, a B1 learner who knows that term and 'coil' can infer the object and its purpose from the constituents.

Etymology

Buntline coil comes from a small rope called a buntline, which sailors used to pull up a sail. They would wind the buntline into a neat coil so it would not tangle, so today a buntline coil means a tidy way to wind and store rope ready for use.