winching
Hauling by crank
Winching is the act of using a winch—a mechanical device with a drum and cable—to pull, lift, or lower heavy loads.
Vehicles get winched out of ditches, boats get winched onto trailers, rescue teams winch stranded climbers to safety.
They spent an hour winching the truck out of the mud.
Heavy-duty woven line
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
- crankRotary operating handle
- spoolCylinder for winding material
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
hook · reel · capstan · gear · ratchet · brake · clutch · fairlead
Raise with tackle
- craneLifter or wader
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
- jibTriangular sail forward
gantry · block-and-tackle · sheave · load · elevation · cargo · suspended · overhead
cable
Heavy-duty woven line
drum · hook · reel · capstan · gear · ratchet · brake · clutch · fairlead · come-along
hoist
Raise with tackle
jib · gantry · block-and-tackle · sheave · load · elevation · cargo · suspended · overhead · scaffolding
towing
Pulling another vehicle along
- extractionAct of removing
- stuckUnable to move
- mudWet soil mixture
off-road · 4x4 · bumper · jeep · overlanding · bog · sand · snow · unstuck · pull-out
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- hawserThick nautical tethering rope
- bollardTraffic-blocking vertical post
deck · bow · stern · sailboat · yacht · docking · marina · cleat · rope · halyard
- sailingsailboat, sailing, sails, sailboats, catamaran
- off-roadingoff-road, 4x4s, ATVs, 4WD, four-wheel drive
- tighteningtensing, clamping, cinching, tensioning, grip
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- towingtow truck, tow trucks, towing, flatbed, trailer hitch
- towing methodshook and chain, tow bar, tow strap, tow dolly, rollback
winchingunreeling
Unwinding from a cylinder
paying out · releasing · letting out · pushing · lowering
winchingpushing
Applying force to move
shoving · carrying · brute-forcing · muscling · dragging
winchingfreewheeling
Acting without restraint
releasing · letting go · dropping · unspooling · dumping