Windlass
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- winch
- plural
- Windlasses
- possessive
- Windlass's
- pluralpossessive
- Windlasses'