hoist
Winch something aloft
Hoist means to raise or lift something, typically something heavy, using ropes, pulleys, or mechanical equipment: They hoisted the cargo onto the ship.
The word suggests effort or apparatus—you hoist a flag up a pole, hoist sails, or hoist yourself over a fence.
A hoist is also the lifting device itself.
To be hoist by your own petard is to be harmed by your own scheme—the phrase preserves an older past tense.
Lift or increase
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- heaveForceful lift or throw
- elevateTo raise upward
- haulPull or carry laboriously
heft · upraise · upthrust · skyward · aloft · overhead · ascend · uplift
Grooved wheel for rope
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- craneLifter or wader
- block-and-tacklePulley-based lifting mechanism
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
jack · lever · windlass · cable · rigging · tackle · counterweight · sheave
Sail-hoisting tackle
- mainsailPrincipal vessel canvas
- jibTriangular sail forward
- spinnakerDownwind sailing sail
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
mast · boom · sheet · tackle · capstan · foremast · mizzen · bowsprit
Lift or increase
- bannerDisplayed strip with message
- ensignFlag or junior officer
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- pennantTapering nautical flag
colors · flagpole · ceremony · salute · unfurl · display · mast · patriotism
Wall-breaching siege bomb
- trapDevice for catching animals
- backfireYield unintended consequences
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
raise
Lift or increase
haul · heft · upraise · upthrust · skyward · aloft · overhead · ascend · uplift · heighten
pulley
Grooved wheel for rope
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- craneLifter or wader
- block-and-tacklePulley-based lifting mechanism
derrick · jack · lever · windlass · cable · rigging · tackle · counterweight · sheave · drum
halyard
Sail-hoisting tackle
rigging · mast · boom · sheet · tackle · capstan · foremast · mizzen · bowsprit · gaff
raise
Lift or increase
pennant · colors · flagpole · ceremony · salute · unfurl · display · mast · patriotism · allegiance
petard
Wall-breaching siege bomb
scaffold
Temporary elevated work structure
truss · jib · tower · outrigger · shoring · bracing · erection · steelwork · formwork · rigging
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
- cranestower crane, mobile crane, derrick, boom, jib
- lifting and carryingfireman carry, piggyback, bridal carry, deadlift, hip carry
- dam equipmentdam gate, sluice gate, headgate, floodgate, flood gate
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- hoist the white flagSignal willingness to yield
- hoist by one's own petardHarmed by own plot
- hoisted by one's own petardHarmed by own plot
- hoisted on one's own petardHarmed by own scheme
- hoist with one's own petardHarmed by own scheme
- chain hoistMechanical lifting device