| 单词 | windlass |
| 释义 | windlass (once / 4526 pages) n WORD FAMILY windlass: windlasses USAGE EXAMPLESA windlass, used to haul up an anchor, still has heavy rope wrapped around it as if moored to the bottom of the sea. US News(Sep 12, 2016) The Thursday departure was delayed by a mechanical issue with its anchor windlass. Washington Times(Jan 09, 2015) Instead of a cloth and metal, modern tourniquets feature Velcro and a plastic rod known as a windlass. Washington Times(Jul 01, 2014) n lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds Syn|Hypo|Hyper winch capstan a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails yard donkey, yardera winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road lifting device a device for lifting heavy loads |
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