Word Finder - winches

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A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.

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A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).

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A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

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A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.

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To use a winch

example

Winch in those sails, lad!

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To wince; to shrink

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To kick with impatience or uneasiness.

Machines used for lifting only are not called cranes, but winches, lifts or hoists, while the term elevator or conveyor is commonly given to appliances which continuously, not in separate loads, move materials like grain or coal in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal direction.

One-sixth to be deducted off wire rigging, wire ropes and wire hawsers, chain cables and chains, donkey engines, steam winches and connexions, steam cranes and connexions; other repairs in full.

The stage right wall now has 55 single purchase counterweight sets and the winch gallery stage left has 12 electric winches with pendant controls.

I would also be concerned if you have not checked that the winch wire used on the winch wire used on the winches matches the rated winching capacity.

Machines used for lifting only are not called cranes, but winches, lifts or hoists, while the term elevator or conveyor is commonly given to appliances which continuously, not in separate loads, move materials like grain or coal in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal direction (see Conveyors).

Small items of rubbish on the banks and edges should be removable by hand, but larger items will need ropes or winches.

I would also be concerned if you have not checked that the winch wire used on the winches matches the rated winching capacity.