[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A sliding band of rope or metal attaching a spar or sail to a mast while allowing it vertical movement.


Phrases:

Origin:
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