butt sling

noun

: a sling for suspending casks consisting of a rope looped round one end by means of an eye and round the other end with two half hitches

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Rhymes for butt sling

• bowstring
• coiling
• downswing
• drawstring
• forewing
• hamstring
• lapwing
• mainspring
• offspring
• plaything
• shoestring
• texting