capstan bar

American  

noun

1. a long lever for turning a capstan by hand.

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capstan bar British  

noun

1. a lever, often wooden, for turning a capstan

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Etymology

Origin of capstan bar

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

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capstan bar

Taking a "gun-tackle purchase," or "tackle and fall," as it is called on shore, he attached one hook to the extreme end of the capstan bar, and the other to the rail.

From Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise by Optic, Oliver

Mister Lynch stood with his capstan bar poised, as though he were at bat in a baseball game.

From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman

I spoke to the cap’en, but it was of no use—not a bit; you might just as well have expected a capstan bar to hear reason!

From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

But he helped himself to a capstan bar, and that is of great length and very heavy.

From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon

“We’re hard at it, sir,” said Tom Jecks, who was handling his rifle as coolly as if it had been a capstan bar; “but I don’t think we’re hitting any of ’em.

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.