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| 99% | 10 | CAPSTANLEY | Exact Match! | |||||
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| 36% | 9 | A word derived from the Italian 'parbucolo' meaning 'a pulley or windlass' | ||||||
noun • A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out. • A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc. verb • To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle | ||||||||
| 36% | 5 | Ratchet or windlass parts | ||||||
noun • a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | ||||||||
Upright Windlass Crossword Clue
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CAPSTANLEY which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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| New York Times05 Jul 1987 | Across 28 | CAPSTANLEY |
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