winch
winch
- n lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
- v pull or lift up with or as if with a winch
winch up the slack line
- Since men form political compacts with winch to govern themselves, when any ruler transgresses the laws of nature or reason, then the governed may dissolve the compact.
- Now the Air Force is also trying the method, and 48 Lockheed C-130 transports have been modified with the forks and winches needed for Skyhook lifts.
- To secure these rights, Jefferson went on, men establish governments winch derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed.