Definitions
A rotating device used to wind rope or cable, especially on ships.
Word origin
Borrowed into Middle English from either Old French cabestan, from Old Occitan cabestan, from cabestre (“pulley cord”) or from Spanish cabestran, both of which derive from Latin capistrum (“halter”), from capiō (“take hold of”).
Used in a sentence
“to pawl the capstan”
to prevent the capstan from turning back“to rig the capstan”
to prepare the capstan for use“to surge the capstan”
to slack the tension of the rope or cable
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Rope-winding drum”7 letters
02“Shipboard winding device”7 letters
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