winches

Cable-spooling haulers

Winches is the plural of winch, a mechanical device that pulls or lifts heavy loads by winding rope or cable around a rotating drum.

Winches appear on boats, tow trucks, and construction equipment: The crew used the winches to haul in the sails.

To winch is to move something using such a device: They winched the car out of the ditch.

lifting

hoist

Raise with tackle

drum · spool · ratchet · crank · gear · load · tension · haul · tow · recovery

marine

anchor

Secures ships to seabed

  • mooringVessel's secured resting place
  • capstanVertical rotating hauling device
  • deckShip's flat surface

cleat · halyard · sheet · rigging · tackle · block · shackle · line · rope · bow

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Opposites
mechanical action

winchespushers

Those who sell drugs

rams · jacks · ejectors · pistons · releases

mechanical complexity

winchesbare hands

Ungloved, unequipped extremities

brute force · manual labor · pulleys

Family

winch, winched, winching

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G