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windlass
[wind-luhs]
noun
a device for raising or hauling objects, usually consisting of a horizontal cylinder or barrel turned by a crank, lever, motor, or the like, upon which a cable, rope, or chain winds, the outer end of the cable being attached directly or indirectly to the weight to be raised or the thing to be hauled or pulled; winch.
verb (used with object)
to raise, haul, or move (a load) by means of a windlass.
windlass
/ ˈɪԻə /
noun
a machine for raising weights by winding a rope or chain upon a barrel or drum driven by a crank, motor, etc
verb
(tr) to raise or haul (a weight, etc) by means of a windlass
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of windlass1
Example Sentences
According to the museum, a large wooden windlass - a type of winch - that staff from Ludington State Park found a few years ago may also be from the same wreck.
Our seminar was making a windlass, a kind of winch used to raise an anchor.
Robin could see the iron wheel under the window which turned like a windlass to let out the rope.
As he cranked the windlass, Neal asked, “How do we know when to stop?”
Up ahead, in a clear area near the summit of the hill, she saw the source of the thin smoke—a waist-high cylinder of stone with a wooden windlass and a dangling bucket.
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