windlass
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈwɪnd.ləs/
windlass (plural windlasses)
- Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
- A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Ham II. i. 65:
- With windlasses and with assays of bias, / By indirections find directions out.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Ham II. i. 65:
- An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
- Italian: argano, verricello, bozzello, salpareti
- Russian: бра́шпиль
- Spanish: malacate
windlass (windlasses, present participle windlassing; past and past participle windlassed)
- To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
- To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
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