(n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
(v. i.) To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
(n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.
(n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
(v. t. & i.) To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
Example Sentences:
(1) By coincidence, both injuries were caused when the patients' clothing was caught in the revolving cylinder of a windlass on a ship.
Windless
Definition:
(a.) Having no wind; calm.
(a.) Wanting wind; out of breath.
Example Sentences:
(1) Launches take place in the windless early-morning hours, when mists blanket the sweeping ranchlands.
(2) In the period to 2030, it could provide a flexible back-up for renewables, on windless or cloudy days.
(3) It’s kind of what I’m all about.” Kotsenburg’s jump was the high point of a sunny, windless day at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
(4) Synchronization of the swarming time of males was also favoured by warm windless weather.