windlass
41differential windlass — a pair of hoisting drums of different diameter turning at the same rate, such that a pulley suspended below them on a line wound on the larger drum and unwound from the smaller drum is raised with mechanical advantage. Also called Chinese… …
42differential windlass — /ˌdɪfərɛnʃəl ˈwɪndləs/ (say .difuhrenshuhl windluhs) noun a windlass with a barrel composed of two parts of different diameter, its power being determined by the difference in the two diameters …
43chinese windlass — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : differential windlass …
44Chinese windlass — noun see differential windlass …
45Chinese windlass. — See differential windlass. [1870 75] …
46Spanish windlass — an improvised tourniquet consisting of a handkerchief tied around a body part and twisted by a stick passed under it …
47Spanish windlass — noun a device for tightening a rope or cable by twisting it using a stick as a lever …
48Spanish windlass — /spænɪʃ ˈwɪndləs/ (say spanish windluhs) noun a stick or bolt used as a lever for twisting or tightening a rope looped at one end around a heavy object which is to be moved and, at the other end, around an immovable object; the tightening of the… …
49spanish windlass — noun Usage: usually capitalized S : a device for bringing together two taut lines (as for seizing) in which a small line is passed around the two, its ends are passed around a wooden roller, and a turn of each end is taken around a marlinespike… …
50Lock (water transport) — Canal lock and lock keeper s cottage on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth in Hertfordshire, England …
