Capstan - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: capstanCapstan
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...
Handspike
A bar or lever generally of wood used in a windlass or capstan for heaving anchor and in modified forms for various purposes...
Mouline
The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan crane or the like...
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