windlass
/ˈwɪnd.ləs/
noun
- 1
Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
- 2
A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
- 3
An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
verb
- 1
To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
- 2
To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
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