Capstan

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical An apparatus used for hoisting weights, consisting of a vertical spool-shaped cylinder that is rotated manually or by machine and around which a cable is wound.
  • n. A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder.
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  • n. 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.
  • n. A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An apparatus working on the principle of the wheel and axle, used for raising weights or applying power.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    windlass    winch   
    Variant
    capstern   
    Form
    to    pawl    capstan bar    pawl the capstan    drop   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    windlass    winch    hoist    holdback    pulley   
     
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