Spanish windlass
Britishnoun
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On very heavy grafts Dr. Morris uses the Spanish windlass, as devised by him, for which he carries sisal cord, wooden or metal meat skewers, small staples and a mallet.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 by Northern Nut Growers Association
In exceptional cases you find a tourniquet or the Spanish windlass applied.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various
The bolt of a Spanish windlass is called a woolder.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Another important point in hickory propagation work consists in the employment of the Spanish windlass for fastening graft and stock together.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Oh, that," said Penn, proudly, "is a Spanish windlass.
From Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard
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