pulley

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpʊli/

Noun

pulley (plural pulleys)

1. (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

Translations

• French: poulie
• German: Rolle
• Italian: carrucola, puleggia
• Portuguese: roldana
• Russian: блок
• Spanish: polea, roldana

Verb

pulley (pulleys, present participle pulleying; past and past participle pulleyed)

1. (transitive) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

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Pulley

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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