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How to use windlasses in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word windlasses? Here are some examples.

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And how many boats have their windlasses, cleats and bitts attached firmly enough that they would not tear out?
In season a mishmash of trypots, harpoons, windlasses and long boats were collected on the beach, ready for a shout from a lookout high on Paritutu.
He gave us instructions for the building of a Greek siege engine that consisted of two Spanish windlasses, the arms of which were connected by a bowstring.
Underground, many artefacts can be seen, including stemples supporting stacked deads, ladders, pump rods and pipes, pulleys, ore tubs, windlasses, guide chutes and timbers.
Medieval cranes were occasionally powered by cranks, although more often by windlasses.
Examples from Classical Literature
There was a sharp clank as the windlasses were manned, and the tethering chains were drawn in by perhaps a score of links.
The windlasses that lift the bridge are actuated by manual power.
They made boilers, winches and windlasses and boasted large stocks of replacement parts.
A native young giant of thirty or thereabouts lay stretched upon the frame on his back, with his wrists and ankles tied to ropes which led over windlasses at either end.
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