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windlasses

  • present tense form
    of windlass (3rd person singular).
    windlass
    noun
    a device for raising or hauling objects, usually consisting of a horizontal cylinder or barrel turned by a crank, lever, motor, or the like, upon which a cable, rope, or chain winds, the outer end of the cable being attached directly or indirectly to the weight to be raised or the thing to be hauled or pulled; winch.

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Sturdy handsome bulwarks shield the foredeck, mooring bitts, twin capstan and anchor windlasses from the elements.

From Time Magazine Archive

The standard equipment list is extensive and of first quality, with such items as Pool anchors, Freeman hardware, Maxwell windlasses and capstans and Northern Lights generators.

From Time Magazine Archive

They chop big round holes in the ice, lower nets on windlasses and haul up sturgeon by the ton.

From Time Magazine Archive

The covers come in various sizes, so all vertical windlasses can easily be accommodated.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were hoisted out of the boats with derricks and windlasses built by the carpenters and put into waiting carts that carried them through the town to the site.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

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