Definitions
lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
Word origin
From Middle English wyndlas, wyndelas, wyndlasse, wyndelasse, probably an alteration (due to Middle English windel) of Middle English windas, wyndas, wyndace, from Anglo-Norman windase, windeis and Old Northern French windas (compare Old French guindas, Medieval Latin windasius, windasa), from Old Norse vindáss (“windlass”, literally “winding-pole”), from vinda (“to wind”) + áss (“pole”). Compare Icelandic vindilass.
Used in a sentence
“With windlasses and with assays of bias, / By indirections find directions out.”
“A favoring breeze enabled us to sail all the way down the lake, and (having been windlassed across the haul-over) even down the canals.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Crank hoist”8 letters
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