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Noun
Mello was flown down on a winch line using a device called a descender, and Silvera followed on a separate line, holding a camera to capture the shot from a subjective perspective.—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 June 2025 Now Winston begins running errands in a pickup truck that can be customised with gadgets like a winch and a crane to make tasks easier.—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Verb
Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree.—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 Twenty-two people had been rescued by helicopter, including 18 winched from flooded homes and roads, and four rescued from a bridge, NSW Police said.—Reuters, NBC news, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for winch
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English winche roller, reel, from Old English wince; akin to Old English wincian to wink
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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