Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   winch

   /wɪn(t)ʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope or chain winding round a horizontal rotating drum, turned typically by a crank or by motor. Similar cranederrickhoistdavitwindlasstackleblock and tacklelifting gearhoisting gearsystem of pulleyssheavesheerlegs
   • ▪ the reel of a fishing rod. British
   • ▪ another term for wince
   • 2. the crank of a wheel or axle.

   verb

   • 1. hoist or haul with a winch: "an attempt to winch survivors of the wreck into a helicopter"

   Word Origin late Old Englishwince ‘reel, pulley’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb wink. The verb dates from the early 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wincher noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • W

     4

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points