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† poˈlancre Naut. Obs.
Also pollankre.
[Related to F. palanc (16th c. in Littré), now palan, a combination of two pulleys connected by a rope: cf. palanquer to hoist with tackle; also It. palanga a hoisting or raising apparatus, a lever, a roller, L. p(h)alanga a carrying pole, a roller on which a heavy body is rolled, Gr. ϕάλαγξ a round piece of wood, a trunk, block, log, pole.
(Fr. has also palancre, palangre, of the same origin, in the sense of a stout buoyed fishing-rope to which a series of lines are attached bearing the hooks.)]
A kind of pulley or tackle for hoisting heavy articles.
1485Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 47 Swyftyng takles..xj, pollankres..vj. Ibid. 75. 1485 State Papers, Chapter Ho. Bk. VII, Polancres with shivers of brasse. 1514Inv. Stores Henry Grace à Dieu, Poleancres with shivers of wood, poleancres with shivers of brasse. |