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(windlasses) A windlass is a mechanical device for lifting heavy objects, which uses a motor to pull a rope or chain around a cylinder. = winch N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English wyneles, wyndlas, alteration of wyndase, from Old French guindas, windas, from Old Norse vindass, from vinda to wind (akin to Old High German wintan to wind) + ass pole; akin to Gothic ans beam Date: 13th century any of various machines for hoisting or hauling: as a. a horizontal barrel supported on vertical posts and turned by a crank so that the hoisting rope is wound around the barrel b. a steam or electric winch with horizontal or vertical shaft and two drums used to raise a ship's anchor II. transitive verb Date: 1834 to hoist or haul with a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. a machine with a horizontal axle for hauling or hoisting. --v.tr. hoist or haul with a windlass. Etymology: alt. (perh. by assoc. with dial. windle to wind) of obs. windas f. OF guindas f. ON vind{aacute}ss f. vinda WIND(2) + {aacute}ss pole ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 14c. alteration of wyndase (1293), from Anglo-Fr. windas, and directly from a Scand. source such as O.N. vindass, from vinda "to wind" + ass "pole, beam." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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