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windlasses

The correct spelling is windlasses.

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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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noun

  1. 1.Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
  2. 2.A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
  3. 3.An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

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