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Windlass

The windlass /ˈwɪndləs/ is a type of horizontal winch used to move heavy weights, featuring a cylinder (barrel) operated by a crank to wind a rope. While the core mechanism is a simple winch, larger, historical, or maritime versions often include secondary pulling spools, or "winch heads," at the ends for handling multiple lines. The Greek scientist…

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Windlass

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Triples40
Avg. degree1.93
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related to Uses · 20
Windlass → About, Alexandria, BC, Chesterfield's, During, England, European, Hero, Isidore, Late Middle Ages, Middle Ages, Origenes, Seville's, The, This, UK's, Until, Vitruvius, Windlasses, XX
related to Spanish windlass · 8
Windlass → American, An, Foreign Relations, It, One, Spanish, The, US Senate Committee
related to Differential windlass · 4
Windlass → Chinese, In, Since, The
see also · 3
Windlass → Differential, Garrote, Spanish
is a · 1
Windlass → device for tightening a rope or cable by twisting it using a stick as a lever
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Windlass → Spanish

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used rope spanish winch pulley device heavy pulling differential also raise one windlasses two stick move weights crank mechanism simple

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Windlassis adevice for tightening a rope or cable by twisting it using a stick as a lever0.90text
in Chesterfield's crooked spire church.A windlass cocking mechanism on crossbows was used as early as 1215 in Englandinstance ofwere the building blocks from which all more complex assemblages were constructed.During the Middle Ages the windlass was used to raise materials for the construction of buildings0.80text
and most European crossbows had one by the Late Middle Ages.Windlasses are sometimes used on boats to raise the anchor as an alternative to a vertical capstaninstance ofwere the building blocks from which all more complex assemblages were constructed.During the Middle Ages the windlass was used to raise materials for the construction of buildings0.80text
a pipe or a post a short distanceinstance ofIt is commonly used to move a heavy object0.80text
Windlassrelated to Differential windlassIn0.60section
Windlassrelated to Differential windlassChinese0.60section
Windlassrelated to Differential windlassThe0.60section
Windlassrelated to Differential windlassSince0.60section
Windlassrelated to External linksSpanish0.60section
Windlassrelated to Spanish windlassSpanish0.60section
Windlassrelated to Spanish windlassThe0.60section
Windlassrelated to Spanish windlassIt0.60section

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