The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parral \Par"ral\, Parrel \Par"rel\, n. [F. appareil. See Apparel, n.]
(Naut.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.
--Totten.A chimney-piece.
--Halliwell.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "binding that fixes a yard to a mast," from parel "equipment" (c.1400), earlier "apparel" (early 14c.), a shortening of apparel (n.).
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) A sliding loop of rope or metal, around the mast of a ship, to which a yard or gaff is fitted.
Usage examples of "parrel".
Some of the men ran to let go the haulyards and lower the sail, but the parrel jammed and the yard would not come down.
Hidalgo del Parrel before my arms and side started throbbing so much that I thought I was going to pass out.
Many other points were discussed between the father and son, the latter promising if anything of importance occurred, to find the means of communicating it to his friends at the Knoll, while Parrel was to follow his master, at the end of six weeks or two months, with letters from the family.
Through the ragged porthole of the broken window-pane I could see old Jacob Parrel peering from the door-way of his store across the street.
The noise of the canvas on high resembled the stirring of pinions, and the cheep of a block, the grind of a parrel, helped the illusion, as though the sounds were the voices of huge birds restlessly beating their pinions aloft.
Lifts were then attached to the mid-point, the parrel fastened about the mast itself, and all that paraphernalia of cable, the stirrups, the lifts and braces, were rigged on one by one.
Once the yards were braced to satisfaction, and the preventers and parrels rigged, it was time to layout on the yard.
Nautical Objects: Seams and Spurkets, Parrels and Jears, Brales and Bunt-Lines.