Meanings
plural pulley blocks
- A shell containing one or more sheaves, the whole forming a pulley.
The next stage entailed toppling-over each girder into the river by means of hand-winches and pulley-blocks.
1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 531 more example
In 1799 he [Marc Brunel] designed a machine to make pulley blocks for the British Navy ... who turned out not to be good payers.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 87
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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pulley block. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulley%20block
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