windlass
noun/ˈwɪndləs/
/ˈwɪndləs/
- a type of winch (= a machine for lifting or pulling heavy objects)Word Originlate Middle English: probably an alteration of obsolete windas, via Anglo-Norman French from Old Norse vindáss, literally ‘winding pole’.
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