WINDLASS

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Traducere în limba română

windlass substantiv

1. (mar.) vinci de ancoră; tambur.

2. (tehn.) ax de troliu; troliu, vârtej; granic.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Making the watch-tackle fast, I hove on the windlass and brought in the mast, inch by inch, till its top tilted down to the deck and finally its whole length lay on the deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Casting off the shore-lines, I kedged her out by main strength (the windlass being broken), till she rode nearly up and down to the small anchor—too small to hold her in any breeze.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

“And when I do, you must do your first work on the windlass. I shall have to run at once to the wheel, and at the same time you must be hoisting the jib.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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