Winch

[wɪn(t)ʃ] or [wɪntʃ]

Definition

(noun.) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds.

(verb.) pull or lift up with or as if with a winch; 'winch up the slack line'.

Edited by Flo--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.

(n.) A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.

(n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.

(n.) An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.

(n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.

(n.) A wince.

Editor: Lucius

Definition

n. the crank of a wheel or axle: a kind of hoisting machine: a dyer's reel suspended horizontally by the ends of its axis over the vat so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment of the bath according as it is turned on the right or left.—Also Wince.

Edited by Ervin