windlass

/หˆwษชnd.lษ™s/

IPA: /W IH1 N D L AH0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights

  2. 2

    A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.

  3. 3

    An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

verb
  1. 1

    To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.

  2. 2

    To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

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