traveling block
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Twenty-three-year-old Jared Rizzo died last Thursday after he was struck by a falling traveling block on a workover rig.
From Seattle Times
The tackle blocks were quite small, having 2-inch sheaves, and they, together with the large pulley or “traveling block,” as we called it, cost us about $2.50.
From Project Gutenberg
Two light ropes were fastened to the large traveling block, each rope long enough to reach across the stream.
From Project Gutenberg
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