windlass
pronunciation
How to pronounce windlass in British English:
UK [ˈwɪndləs]
How to pronounce windlass in American English:
US [ˈwɪndləs]
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- Noun:
- lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
Word Origin
- windlass (n.)
- device for raising weights by winding a rope round a cylinder, c. 1400, alteration of wyndase (late 13c.), from Anglo-French windas, and directly from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse vindass, from vinda "to wind" (see wind (v.1)) + ass "pole, beam" (cognate with Gothic ans "beam, pillar").
Example
- 1. Please check the windlass attached bracket .
- 2. Sailors hove up the cable with windlass or capstan .
- 3. Reversible electric lofrans windlass with remote control from both helm and direct control on the fore deck lofrans .
- 4. Please check the windlass washer .
- 5. A windlass rotated in a horizontal plane .