CAPSTAN
\kˈapstən], \kˈapstən], \k_ˈa_p_s_t_ə_n]\
Definitions of CAPSTAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
By Princeton University
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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An upright drum or cylinder revolving upon an iron pivot and worked by bars or levers; used for winding a rope or raising heavy weights, especially the anchor of a ship.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An upright machine turned by spokes so as to wind upon it a cable which draws something, generally the anchor, on board ship.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
