English-Thai Dictionary
windlass
N เครื่อง กว้าน เครื่อง ยก หรือ ดึง ของ หนัก krueng-kwan
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WINDLASS
WINDLASS Wind "lass, n.Etym: [Perhaps from wind to turn + lace. ]
Defn: A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
WINDLASS
WINDLASS Wind "lass, v. i.
Defn: To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means. [Obs. ] Hammond.
WINDLASS
Wind "lass, n. Etym: [OE. windelas, windas, Icel. vindilass, vindas,fr. vinda to wind + ass a pole; cf. Goth. ans a beam. See Wind to turn. ]
1. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.
2. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. [Obs. ] Shak. Chinese windlass. See Differential windlass, under Differential.
WINDLASS
WINDLASS Wind "lass, v. t. & i.
Defn: To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass. The Century.
New American Oxford Dictionary
windlass
wind lass |ˈwindləs ˈwɪn (d )ləs | ▶noun a type of winch used esp. on ships to hoist anchors and haul on mooring lines and, esp. formerly, to lower buckets into and hoist them up from wells. ▶verb [ with obj. ] haul or lift (something ) with a windlass. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably an alteration of obsolete windas, via Anglo-Norman French from Old Norse vindáss, literally ‘winding pole. ’
Oxford Dictionary
windlass
wind |lass |ˈwɪndləs | ▶noun a winch, especially one on a ship or in a harbour. ▶verb [ with obj. ] haul or lift (something ) with a windlass. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably an alteration of obsolete windas, via Anglo-Norman French from Old Norse vindáss, literally ‘winding pole ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
windlass
wind lass /wɪ́ndləs /名詞 C ウインドラス, 巻き上げ機 〘通例手回し式のもの; →winch 〙.動詞 他動詞 …をウインドラスで巻き上げる .
The Wordsmith Dictionary