| 单词 | to pawl the capstan |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pawl the capstan double capstan, one that has two barrels on different decks, so as to be worked by two sets of men. Phrases, to heave at the capstan, to man the capstan, to bring the cable to the capstan; to rig the capstan, to insert the bars, etc.; to pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls or catches into their sockets so as to prevent recoil, when heaving is stopped; to come up the capstan, to slacken the cable by lifting out the pawls and walking back; to surge the capstan, to slacken the rope while heaving so as to prevent riding or fouling.extracted from capstann.< as lemmas |
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