Associations to the word «Windlass»

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.

Wise words

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