1. Polly could hear far-off voices and laughter, and the soft tapping of metal halyards against masts.

2. ‘The Buntline Hitch is used to tie a Buntline to a square sail.’ ‘The 4-8 tightens braces and halyards that may have gone slack overnight and usually sees to re-nipping the Buntlines.’ ‘The Buntline Hitch was originally employed to secure the Buntlines to the foot of the square sails.’