D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Burton

/bẽrt'-ən/ · Bur·ton · IPA /ˈbɝ.tən/
01 n. A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.
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    A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.(Naut.)