Spanish windlass
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
For parchment the 'linings' are tied in a frame by strings fastened round grooved pegs, on the same principle as a Spanish windlass....
From Project Gutenberg
Oh, that," said Penn, proudly, "is a Spanish windlass.
From Project Gutenberg
A Spanish Windlass.—To rig a Spanish Windlass take a good strand well greased in the centre.
From Project Gutenberg
For bending the sides a "Spanish windlass" of rope or chain was used.
From Project Gutenberg
The windlass may be said also to be supported or reinforced by the pawl-bitts, two powerful bitt-heads at the centre.—Spanish windlass.
From Project Gutenberg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
