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windlasswind‧lass /ˈwɪndləs/ noun [countable] windlassOrigin: 1300-1400 Old Norse vindass, from vinda ‘to wind’ + ass ‘pole’ - Another has him tortured to death by having his intestines pulled from him by a windlass.
- Because there was no windlass, both ends of the anchor line were shackled together, Ward said.
- Missing was a windlass, used to raise and lower the anchor.
- Sandy McGlashan, the windlass man, climbed down the ladder and came to sit beside Cameron.
- Some specialists said Thursday that the windlass might not have enabled the crew to anchor the barge in the storm.
- Y., was not violating any regulation by operating without a windlass, officials said.
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