English-Thai Dictionary

capstan

N เครื่อง สำหรับ ฉุด ดึง ของ หนัก  kreang-sam-rab-chud-dueng-kong-nak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPSTAN

n.A strong massy column of timber, formed like a truncated cone, and having its upper extremity pierced to receive bars or levers, for winding a rope round it, to raise great weights, or perform other extraordinary work, that requires a great power. It may be let down through the decks of a ship, and so fixed that the work is performed by a horizontal motion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPSTAN

Cap "stan, n. Etym: [F. cabestan, fr. Sp. cabestrante, cabrestante, fr. cabestrar to bind with a halter, fr. cabestrohalter, fr. L. capistrum halter, fr. capere to hold (see Capacious ); or perh. the Spanish is fr. L. caper goat + stans, p. pr. of stare to stand; cf. F. chèvre she-goat, also a machine for raising heavy weights.]

 

Defn: A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. [Sometimes spelt Capstern, but improperly. ] Capstan bar, one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike. . -- To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. -- To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. -- To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

capstan

cap stan |ˈkapstən ˈkæpstən | ▶noun a revolving cylinder with a vertical axis used for winding a rope or cable, powered by a motor or pushed around by levers. • the motor-driven spindle on a tape recorder that makes the tape travel past the head at constant speed. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Provençal cabestan, from cabestre ‘halter, ’ from Latin capistrum, from capere ‘seize. ’

 

capstan lathe

cap |stan lathe ▶noun a lathe with a revolving tool holder that enables several tools to be permanently mounted on it.

 

Oxford Dictionary

capstan

capstan |ˈkapst (ə )n | ▶noun a broad revolving cylinder with a vertical axis used for winding a rope or cable, powered by a motor or pushed round by levers. • the motor-driven spindle on a tape recorder that makes the tape travel past the head at constant speed. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Provençal cabestan, from cabestre ‘halter ’, from Latin capistrum, from capere ‘seize ’.

 

capstan lathe

cap |stan lathe ▶noun a lathe with a revolving tool holder that enables several tools to be permanently mounted on it.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

capstan

cap stan /kǽpstən /名詞 C 1 〘海 〙キャプスタン, 車地 （しやち ） 〘ロープ ケーブル 錨 （いかり ）を巻くために回転する装置 〙.2 キャプスタン 〘テープレコーダーの巻き軸 〙.～̀ b á r 車地棒 〘手でキャプスタンを回転させるための長い棒 〙.～̀ l á the タレット旋盤 .