Similar words: dwindle, swindle, swindling, dwindling, by and large, kindly, kindle, spindly. Meaning: ['wɪndləs] n. lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds.
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1) Because there was no windlass, both ends of the anchor line were shackled together, Ward said.
2) Sandy McGlashan, the windlass man, climbed down the ladder and came to sit beside Cameron.
3) Missing was a windlass, used to raise and lower the anchor.
4) Windlass in hand, he clambered up the ladder that scaled the slimy wall.
5) Some specialists said Thursday that the windlass might not have enabled the crew to anchor the barge in the storm.
6) The starboard side frame of the windlass is fracture.
7) We should reinforce the downside of the windlass.
8) Sailors hove up the cable with windlass or capstan.
9) Anchoring and weighing test of windlass on sea trial.
10) Installation and alignment inspection of windlass.
11) Tie the rope to the axis of the windlass.
12) The omnidirectional windlass mill can utilize the wind energy of tail wind[sentencedict.com],[http://sentencedict.com/windlass.html] side wind and even dead wind simply and effectively.
13) The single shell type slow windlass shall be utilized for the steel strands.
14) The windlass creaked slowly as the rope wound up creak bringing the bucket nearer the top.
15) It'summaries the conclusion of tension windlass hydraulic control system and puts forward its prospects.
16) Another has him tortured to death by having his intestines pulled from him by a windlass.
17) Y., was not violating any regulation by operating without a windlass, officials said.
18) Steel column is fixed to special jig, slipping below the installation position by chain block and lifting by pulley block and windlass.
19) Steel liners shall be provided under the foundation of the windlass and mooring winch.
20) Adjusting safety device for hydraulic system of steering gear ( windlass 、 mooring winch ).
21) Adjusting safety device hydraulic system of steering gear ( windlass, mooring winch ).