winch
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English wynche, from Old English winċe, from Proto-Germanic *winkijǭ, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), whence also wink.
Noun[edit]
winch (plural winches)
- 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.
- (nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).
- 2013, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 27, in The Childhood of Jesus, Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, page 267:
- 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.
- A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
- A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
- (Nigeria, slang) Witch.
- 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], Thomas Shelton, transl., The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:
- the mule […] being likewise frighted by that terrible blow, ran away as fast as it could about the fields, and within two or three winches overthrew him to the ground
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Tok Pisin: winis
- → Arabic: وِنْش (winš)
- → Japanese: ウインチ
- → Norwegian Bokmål: vinsj
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: vinsj
- → Serbo-Croatian: vȉnč
- → Swahili: winchi
- → Swedish: vinsch
- → Ottoman Turkish: وینچ (vinç)
- Turkish: vinç
Translations[edit]
machine
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Verb[edit]
winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)
- To use a winch
- Winch in those sails, lad!
Translations[edit]
use a winch
Etymology 2[edit]
See wince.
Verb[edit]
winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)
- To wince; to shrink
- 1812, Joanna Baillie, The Dream, part Act 1:
- It is not the first time a cat-o'-nine-tails has been across my back for other men's misdeeds. Promise me a good flask of brandy when I'm done with it, and I warrant ye I'll never winch.
- To kick with impatience or uneasiness.
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
winch m (plural winchs)
Further reading[edit]
- “winch”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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