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| wind·lass [ wíndləss ] |
noun (plural wind·lass·es) |
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revolving lifting device: a device that uses a rope or cable wound around a revolving drum to pull and lift things, especially the mechanism on a ship to raise and lower the anchor
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transitive verb (past and past participle wind·lassed, present participle wind·lass·ing, 3rd person present singular wind·lass·es) |
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lift something with windlass: to raise or pull something using a windlass
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| [14th century. Alteration of Old Norse vindáss< vinda "wind" + áss "pole"] |
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