Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpʊli/
pulley (plural pulleys)
- (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).
- French: poulie
- German: Rolle
- Italian: carrucola, puleggia
- Portuguese: roldana
- Russian: блок
- Spanish: polea, roldana
pulley (pulleys, present participle pulleying; past and past participle pulleyed)
- (transitive) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.
Pulley
Proper noun
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