Definitionn. a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis
Last update: June 11, 2015
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His prize subjects were, the capstan, the propagation of light, and the magnet. [Please select]
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It has to be hauled up by a capstan. [Please select]
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Jack assisted her to mount on the top of the capstan, and arranged the glass. [Please select]
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He got round an old man's heart like a rope round a capstan. [Please select]
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The capstan bars are manned; the sunken cable is drawn taut. [Please select]
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The crew except the captain and the mate were gathered forward round the capstan. [Please select]
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Desperately I seized a capstan bar and knocked the wedges and battens off a hatch cover. [Please select]
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When this had been accomplished all hands seized capstan bars. [Please select]
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The deep-toned chorus of the sailor, the creaking of the capstan, and the clanking of the iron cogs; the "heave-ho." [Please select]
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About midnight the admiral again signalled, by rocket and flares, "Haul up," and immediately, with capstan, bar, and steam, the obedient crews began to coil in their tails. [Please select]
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