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Meanings of winches in inglés

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лебёдка
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gigre
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chigre
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Device used to pull in or let out a rope or cable.

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        chigre
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        Examples for "winch"
        Examples for "winch"
        1
        The boom swung out and the drum of the winch began unrolling.
        Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
        2
        Moments later two rather large bundles were lowered via a portable winch.
        The bourne objective
        3
        Perhaps they had set fire to the winch or the smelting shed?
        Empire in black and gold
        4
        He left the engine idling to run the winch and the hoist.
        Under the dome: a novel
        5
        Life turns the winch, and fancy or accident pulls out the stops.
        Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
        Usage of winches in inglés
        1
        The bows lifted, and starting the winches, they hauled aft the ropes.
        Lister's Great Adventure
        2
        Facebook Twitter Pinterest Girt Kraulis winches the catch into the fish hatch.
        The Guardian
        3
        Wherefore cousin fitted them out with rods, winches, lines, casts, and flies.
        Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
        4
        The winches are still groaning along the docks; cabs roll through the streets.
        Shallow Soil
        5
        Its Other business includes the manufacturing and marketing of industrial winches.
        Reuters
        6
        The squeal of grinding winches lifted the draw after they'd passed.
        The irish warrior
        7
        She remembered what her uncle had said of baskets and winches.
        A Game of Thrones
        8
        They ran aft through fairleads to winches at the forward end of the cockpit.
        The sailcloth shroud
        9
        All the time I could hear the steamer's winches at work hoisting and lowering.
        Pan
        10
        Not that anybody knew, or cared, what "rigging the winches aft" meant.
        Old and New Masters
        11
        Only the winches rattle; they shatter the air with their cheerful noise this bright morning.
        Shallow Soil
        12
        Through the roar of the winches she heard coarse shouts and the bellowing of cattle.
        Lister's Great Adventure
        13
        He heard distinctly the creaking of winches, and knew that the boats were being lowered.
        On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
        14
        We give an illustration of one of these winches.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885
        15
        They die of falling rocks and winches and icicles.
        The devil and sherlock holmes: tales of murder, madness, and obs...
        16
        No such luxuries were there as steam-winches; not any of those modern appliances for lightening labour.
        Stories by English Authors: The Sea
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        molinete
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        gigre
        Winches through the time
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