Spanish windlass

noun

A wooden roller, with a rope wound about it, into which a marlinspike is thrust to serve as a lever.

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Meanings

nounSpanish windlass (plural Spanish windlasses)

plural Spanish windlasses

  1. nauticalA wooden roller, with a rope wound about it, into which a marlinspike is thrust to serve as a lever.
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