Winch

Quick meaning: Winch is a noun meaning (nautical) A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.

Meaning

(nautical) A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.

More Meanings

1. A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
2. A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
3. (Nigeria, slang) A witch.
4. To use a winch
5. To wince; to shrink
6. To kick with impatience or uneasiness.
7. A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.

Example Sentences

Winch in those sails, lad!

They “clicked” each other, kidded each other, and by and by they would “winch” and marry each other.

It was common knowledge that he'd winched dozens of girls while she had been sharing a bedroom with her two brothers.

It runs on clattering steel tracks; the driver sits in a cab over the tracks, operating the controls that rotate the arm and turn the winch.

Word Forms

• winches
• winching
• winched

Synonyms for winch

Depending on context, synonyms include windlass.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include windlass, cable, hoist, rope, yarn, winchman.

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