A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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The horse had lashed me into the saddle by winding the rope, and at the same time windlassed the bear in on top of us.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Andy Adams
Figures of men crawled out of the holes, or disappeared into them, or, on raised platforms of hand-hewn timber, windlassed the thawed gravel to the surface, where it immediately froze.
From Burning Daylight by Jack London
Each day thousands of dollars’ worth of gold were scraped from bedrock and windlassed to the surface, and it all belonged to Pentfield and Hutchinson, who took their rank among the richest kings of Bonanza.
From The Faith of Men by Jack London
