Capstanman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Capstanman is a noun meaning Someone who helps turn a capstan, or operates a powered capstan.
Meaning
Someone who helps turn a capstan, or operates a powered capstan.
Example Sentences
Telford constructed the 570-ft. span suspension bridge across the Menai Straits, 100 ft. above high water level. [...] The catenary chains, in four groups of four, are made of Staffordshire iron brought by canal to Chester and thence by steamship; they were erected by ferrying one end across the Straits on a raft and then pulling up with rope-blocks and capstans, with the capstanmen kept in step by music.
Word Forms
- capstanmen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include capstan, capstern, capstorm, gangwayman, tugboatman, capsizer.
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