Examples of windlass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Artifacts found in the mine include shoes, clay pipes and a windlass—a type of winchthat would have been used to lift heavy objects. — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2022 Coghlan added that one of the items left behind was a windlass lifting device, which would normally have been taken away for reuse in other mines. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 12 July 2022 This allows the leg to extend behind the body and activates the windlass mechanism in which the hallux pulls on the plantar fascia, creating tension. — Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2019 It's called a windlass, and it's used to raise the anchors. — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 27 Mar. 2021 No lives were lost, and parts of the ship from several timbers to the anchor-hoisting windlass remain preserved under the Great Lake. — Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2020 According to the museum, a large wooden windlass - a type of winch - that staff from Ludington State Park found a few years ago may also be from the same wreck. — CBS News, 4 May 2020 Other artifacts that will help archaeologists further identify and date the shipwreck include ceramic dinnerware, glass bottles, stoneware jugs, an anchor, wire rope rigging, a windlass, and a ship's bell, reported NOAA. — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 30 July 2019 Most tourniquets are called windlass-style tourniquets. — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 16 Apr. 2019 See More

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