winches
- plural of winch.
Example Sentences
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Winches capable of holding four tons each will be placed above the auditorium’s ceiling, their movements fully digitized.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2020
Winches get a rather remarkable number of close-ups, particularly in establishing shots.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2019
Winches are brought into play and presently plane, apron and all are hoisted aboard like a toy in a napkin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Winches rattled, halyards sang, and pelting rain beat a steady tattoo against the sails.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes; the former country lout, the narrow zealot, the untutored slave groping about in the dark after silly superstitions, cringing at the scowl of mean Pierces and Winches, was dead.
From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Frederic, Harold
