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windlass

wind luhs

  • n  lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

  • A workman sprang to a windlass operating one of the furnace doors.
  • A windlass in the mooring mast hauled the cable upwards and taking out its slack drew the airship's nose into an automatically locking swivel at the very top of the tower.
  • The windlass dial registered 356 meters.

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