Synonyymisanakirja

windlass

  1. ankkurikela, ankkurivinssi, kapstaani, nostolaite, vinssi, vintturi.

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Käännökset

englanti

vintturi Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
1599, w: William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark/Act 2|The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Ham II. i. 65:

With windlasses and with assays of bias, / By indirections find directions out.
An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

(rfquotek)

To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

Riimisanakirja

windlass rimmaa näiden kanssa:

topless, business, edelweiss, miss, rallicross, minicross, motocross

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