windlasses
Horizontal hoisting drums
Windlasses is the plural of windlass, a mechanical device for hauling or lifting heavy loads by winding rope or chain around a horizontal drum.
Windlasses appear on ships to raise anchors and in construction to lift materials.
The mechanism multiplies pulling force: The crew worked the windlasses to bring up the anchor chains.
Vertical rotating hauling device
- rodeSat and steered
- hawsepipeShip's anchor-line opening
- hawserThick nautical tethering rope
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
kedge · grapnel · fluke · shank · stock · crown · cleat · seabed
Rotary operating handle
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- spoolCylinder for winding material
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
rope · pulley · handle · wheel · axle · ratchet · pawl · brake
capstan
Vertical rotating hauling device
mooring · kedge · grapnel · fluke · shank · stock · crown · cleat · seabed · berth
crank
Rotary operating handle
cable · rope · pulley · handle · wheel · axle · ratchet · pawl · brake · worm gear
deck
Ship's flat surface
vessel · yacht · sailboat · trawler · cruiser · marina · dockside · seafaring · helm · rigging
hoist
Raise with tackle
heave · elevate · lower · retrieve · deploy · pull · tension · load · weight · vertical
- ancient constructionpyramids, arches, aqueducts, masonry, stonework
- mechanismsgear, gearbox, gear train, cog, pulleys
- dock hardwarebollards, cleats, fenders, dock lines, mooring lines
windlassesbare hands
Ungloved, unequipped extremities
brute force · manual labor · brakes · clutches · freewheels