Associations to the word «Windlass»
Noun
- Heave
- Anchor
- Crossbow
- Rope
- Mooring
- Bucket
- Salvage
- Maud
- Shaft
- Lever
- Tackle
- Crane
- Paddle
- Mast
- Freeway
- Rudder
- Rigging
- Moravia
- Spindle
- Cable
- Deck
- Pump
- Whale
- Chain
- Screw
- Exertion
- Socket
- Tug
- Rack
- Sail
- Sailor
- Shear
- Gwen
- Gear
- Machinery
- Handle
- Kite
- Haul
- Norfolk
- Bow
- Hyde
- Charleston
- Brake
- Hook
- Wheel
- Spike
- Barrel
- Shipyard
- Boom
- Ore
- Tide
- Mate
- Boiler
- Boat
- Lift
- Miner
- Md
- Seaman
- Crew
- Ramp
- Beam
- Shout
- Pull
- Dug
- Wrist
- Vessel
- Yacht
- Strain
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
WINDLASS, noun. Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
WINDLASS, noun. A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
WINDLASS, noun. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
WINDLASS, verb. To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
WINDLASS, verb. To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
Dictionary definition
WINDLASS, noun. Lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds.
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