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Definition of capstan
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Capstan
(n.) A
vertical
cleated
drum or
cylinder,
revolving
on an
upright
spindle,
and
surmounted
by a
drumhead
with
sockets
for bars or
levers.
It is much used,
especially
on
shipboard,
for
moving
or
raising
heavy
weights
or
exerting
great power by
traction
upon a rope or
cable,
passing
around
the drum. It is
operated
either
by steam power or by a
number
of men
walking
around
the
capstan,
each
pushing
on the end of a lever fixed in its
socket..
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Purchase
::
Purchase
(v. t.) Any
mechanical
hold, or
advantage,
applied
to the
raising
or
removing
of heavy
bodies,
as by a
lever,
a
tackle,
capstan,
and the like; also, the
apparatus,
tackle,
or
device
by which the
advantage
is
gained..
Surgeful
::
Surge (n.) To let go or
slacken
suddenly,
as a rope; as, to surge a
hawser
or
messenger;
also, to
slacken
the rope about (a
capstan)..
Pontoon
::
Pontoon
(n.) A low, flat
vessel,
resembling
a
barge,
furnished
with
cranes,
capstans,
and other
machinery,
used in
careening
ships,
raising
weights,
drawing
piles,
etc.,
chiefly
in the
Mediterranean;
a
lighter..
Partner
::
Partner
(n.) A
framework
of heavy
timber
surrounding
an
opening
in a deck, to
strengthen
it for the
support
of a mast, pump,
capstan,
or the
like..
Fleet
::
Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the
whelps
or the
barrel
of a
capstan
or
windlass;
-- said of a cable or
hawser.
Messenger
::
Messenger
(n.) A
hawser
passed
round the
capstan,
and
having
its two ends
lashed
together
to form an
endless
rope or
chain;
--
formerly
used for
heaving
in the
cable..
Saucer
::
Saucer
(n.) A
shallow
socket
for the pivot of a
capstan.
Whim
::
Whim (n.) A large
capstan
or
vertical
drum
turned
by horse power or steam
power,
for
raising
ore or
water,
etc., from
mines,
or for other
purposes;
--
called
also whim gin, and
whimsey..
Swifter
::
Swifter
(n.) A rope used to
retain
the bars of the
capstan
in their
sockets
while men are
turning
it.
Whelp
::
Whelp (n.) One of the
longitudinal
ribs or
ridges
on the
barrel
of a
capstan
or a
windless;
--
usually
in the
plural;
as, the
whelps
of a
windlass..
Unship
::
Unship
(v. t.) To
remove
or
detach,
as any part or
implement,
from its
proper
position
or
connection
when in use; as, to
unship
an oar; to
unship
capstan
bars; to
unship
the
tiller..
Jack
::
"Jack (n.) A
portable
machine
variously
constructed,
for
exerting
great
pressure,
or
lifting
or
moving
a heavy body
through
a small
distance.
It
consists
of a
lever,
screw,
rack and
pinion,
hydraulic
press,
or any
simple
combination
of
mechanical
powers,
working
in a
compact
pedestal
or
support
and
operated
by a
lever,
crank,
capstan
bar, etc. The name is often given to a
jackscrew,
which is a kind of
jack..
Windlass
::
Windlass
(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..
Surge
::
Surge (n.) The
tapered
part of a
windlass
barrel
or a
capstan,
upon which the cable
surges,
or
slips..
Crab
::
Crab (a.) A form of
windlass,
or
geared
capstan,
for
hauling
ships into dock, etc..
Moulinet
::
Moulinet
(n.) The drum upon which the rope is wound in a
capstan,
crane,
or the
like..
Rundle
::
Rundle
(n.)
Something
which
rotates
about an axis, as a
wheel,
or the drum of a
capstan..
Trundlehead
::
Trundlehead
(n.) The
drumhead
of a
capstan;
especially,
the
drumhead
of the lower of two
capstans
on the sane
axis..
Capstan
::
Capstan
(n.) A
vertical
cleated
drum or
cylinder,
revolving
on an
upright
spindle,
and
surmounted
by a
drumhead
with
sockets
for bars or
levers.
It is much used,
especially
on
shipboard,
for
moving
or
raising
heavy
weights
or
exerting
great power by
traction
upon a rope or
cable,
passing
around
the drum. It is
operated
either
by steam power or by a
number
of men
walking
around
the
capstan,
each
pushing
on the end of a lever fixed in its
socket..
Drumhead
::
Drumhead
(n.) The top of a
capstan
which is
pierced
with
sockets
for
levers
used in
turning
it. See
Illust.
of
Capstan.
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