Hoist - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: hoistChockablock
Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit brought close together as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting...
Can hook
A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves...
Catfall
A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead...
Cathead
A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel to which the anchor is hoisted and secured...
Davit
A spar formerly used on board of ships as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow without injuring the sides of the ship called also the fish davit...
Derrick
A mast spar or tall frame supported at the top by stays or guys and usually pivoted at the base with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights such as stones in building...
Flagstaff
A staff4 on which a flag is hoisted...
Gantline
A line rigged to a mast used in hoisting rigging a girtline...
VerbarGlossocomon
A kind of hoisting winch...
guy
A rope chain or rod attached to anything to steady it as a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered a rope which holds in place the end of a boom spar or yard in a ship a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure as of a derrick and extending obliquely to the ground where it is fastened...
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