Windlass definitions

Windlass

1) Anchor raiser 2) Bucket raiser 3) Capstan 4) Lifting device 5) Nautical lifting device 6) Relative of a capstan 7) Winch
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Windlass

1) Capstan 2) Hoist 3) Winch
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A winch mechanism, usually with a horizontal axis. Used where mechanical advantage greater than that obtainable by block and tackle was needed (such as raising the anchor on small ships).
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Windlass

The windlass is an apparatus for moving heavy weights. Typically, a windlass consists of a horizontal cylinder (barrel), which is rotated by the turn of a crank or belt. A winch is affixed to one or both ends, and a cable or rope is wound around the winch, pulling a weight attached to the opposite end. ==Uses== ==Differential windlass== ...
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windlass

winch used to raise a ship's anchor
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windlass

circuitous movement; indirect action
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windlass

winch used to raise a ship's anchor
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Windlass

Horizontal winch on the centerline for lifting anchors. Whelps were starboard of the barrel, but sometimes a windlass had whelps for chain on one side and for cable on the other. At the center were two large ratchet gears with pawls. Each gear had a quadrant (arm) connected via links to a rocker (pump arm). Rockers and pawl were fixed to a pawl bit...
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Windlass

• (v. t. & i.) To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass. • (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift. • (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached t...
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windlass

mechanical device used to raise and lower the drawbridge.
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windlass

A mechanical winding device used to pull up the anchor chain.
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Windlass

Type of winch particularly used in raising an anchor.
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Windlass

A mechanism whereby a horse or men rotating a central point with, an attached harness, may raise or lower, something from below using a bevel drive.
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Windlass

Wind'lass intransitive verb To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means. [ Obsolete] Hammond.
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Windlass

Wind'lass noun [ Perhaps from wind to turn + lace .] A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
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Windlass

Wind'lass transitive verb & i. To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass. The Century.
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Windlass

A device, smaller than a whim, used to raise ore from a shaft.
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Windlass

A windlass is a device consisting of a cylinder to which is attached one end of a rope or chain which is wound onto the cylinder by means of a crank or motor.
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