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What is another word for windlasses?

Pronunciation: [wˈɪndlasɪz] (IPA)

Windlasses are mechanical devices that are used to lift heavy weights. They are typically operated by turning a handle or a crank and are commonly used in marine and industrial settings. Synonyms for windlasses include winches, hoists, cranes, elevators, and pulleys. These devices all serve the same purpose of lifting heavy weights, but they may have different designs and methods of operation. Winches and hoists are similar to windlasses in that they use a rotating drum to lift heavy loads, but they may have different types of rope or cable to accomplish this task. Cranes and elevators are stationary machines that are used to lift and move loads vertically, while pulleys may be used to reduce the amount of force required to lift an object.
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What are the hypernyms for Windlasses?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    engines, lifting equipment, boat equipment, hoisting equipment.

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Farther down is another 'recht-I cannot for the life of me remember the first part of its name-where there is a shipyard and big windlasses and a horse hitched to a sweep, which winds up water-soaked luggers on to rude ways, and great pots of boiling tar, the yellow smoke drifting away toward the sea.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith
The engine-room bell clanged furiously; there were more jars and creakings as the boat scraped past the great piles and reached her moorings; then the restless van horses stamped, the chains rattled over the windlasses, and the passengers crowded forward to the bows.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
Mr. Burke divided his time between watching the moving house, at which all the men who could be employed in any way, and all the horses which could be conveniently attached to the windlasses, were working in watches of four hours each, in order to keep them fresh and vigorous,-and the lot where the new cellar was being constructed, where the masons continued their labors at night by the light of lanterns and a blazing bonfire fed with resinous pine.
"Mrs. Cliff's Yacht"
Frank R. Stockton

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