windlass - winch: lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
A 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. ...
windlass - A type of winch, fitted with a wildcat for hauling chain, or a gypsy for rope; An apparatus in which horizontal drums or wheels are operated by ...
windlass - A mechanical device used to pull in cable or chain, such as an anchor rode.
windlass - Rotating drum device used for hauling line or chain to raise and lower an anchor.
windlass - A winch for hauling dirt up out of the mine.
windlass - A revolving machine with a horizontal spindle used to raise or lower an anchor
roundabout means.
windlass - Removable crank handle fitted to the end of a shaft to provide manual leverage to rotate the shaft against a load for operating sluice and paddle gear.
windlass - Also called a winch, this hoist is made of a cable, wound around a drum, with a motor or crank attached, turning the drum and raising the cable load.
windlass - 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).
windlass - A hoisting machine consisting of an axle mounted in a frame, and turned by a crank, a wheel, or radial bars at the end, and which winds up a rope causing a load to be raised.
windlass - A machine for working cables, and often used in weighing anchors, and generally mounted in the bows of the ship. ...
windlass - A medieval device to pull the bowstring back on a crossbow.
windlass - Forerunner of the hoist – hand operated device for raising buckets of opal dirt to the surface by means of a cable around a drum with handles.
windlass - the device on a boat that raises or lowers an anchor by rotating the chain around a drum.
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