Definition of winched in English

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Noun Plural: winches
winch - lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
		windlass
		lifting device a device for lifting heavy loads
		ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight
		capstan a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
Verb winches, winching, winched
winch - pull or lift up with or as if with a winch; "winch up the slack line"
		force, pull, draw impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"

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winch (Noun)
A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a pawl, and a crank handle, with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope.
winch (Noun)
A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. FM 55-501.
winch (Noun)
A wince machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth.
winch (Verb)
To use a winch.

winch (v. i.)
To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
winch (n.)
A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
winch (n.)
A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
winch (n.)
An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
winch (n.)
An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
winch (n.)
A wince.

winch
A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines.

winch
a cylindrical piece of timber, furnished with an axis, whose extremities rest in two channels placed horizontally or perpendicularly. It is turned about by means of an handle resembling that of a draw-well, grind-stone, &c. and is generally employed as a purchase, by which a rope may be more conveniently or more powerfully applied to any object, than when used singly, or without the assistance of mechanical powers.

winch
[from the Anglo-Saxon wince]. A purchase formed by a shaft whose extremities rest in two channels placed horizontally or perpendicularly, and furnished with cranks, or clicks, and pauls. It is employed as a purchase by which a rope or tackle-fall may be more powerfully applied than when used singly. A small one with a fly-wheel is used for making ropes and spun-yarn. Also, a support to the windlass ends. Also, the name of long iron handles by which the chain-pumps are worked. Also, a small cylindrical machine attached to masts or bitts in vessels, for the purpose of hoisting anything out of the hold, warping, &c.