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Rarewindlasses
The correct spelling is windlasses.
How to pronounce windlasses
noun
Say it like: Win-dla-sse-s
The correct spelling is windlasses. Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
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Definition
noun
- 1.Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
- 2.A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
- 3.An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
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