Significados de spanish windlass em inglês

A Spanish windlass is slipped over a victim's head from behind.

Another important point in hickory propagation work consists in the employment of the Spanish windlass for fastening graft and stock together.

I then procured a handspike and heaver, and went to work setting up the rigging by a " Spanish windlass."

The Spanish windlass, which is used in surgery for controlling haemorrage,seemedto me to be applicablefor fasteningscionsinplace.

I could plainly see the picture of some queerly-drawn hands doing a " Spanish Windlass," but that wouldn't have done poor Greg any good at all.