Capstan

What do we mean by capstan?

An apparatus used for hoisting weights, consisting of a vertical spool-shaped cylinder that is rotated manually or by machine and around which a cable is wound. noun

A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder. noun

An apparatus working on the principle of the wheel and axle, used for raising weights or applying power. noun

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. noun

One of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike.. noun

To drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. noun

To prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. noun

To slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it. noun

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. noun

A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder. noun

A windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails noun

A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to ropes, cables, etc. It is typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers used to turn it.

A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.

Words that are spelled similarly to capstan:
capstan, capitan, captan, capsian, capstar.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word capstan:
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Words that rhyme with capstan:
collapsed in, elapsed in, lapsed in, relapsed in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe capstan:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective capstan:
bar, bars, head, song, servo, house, drive, wheel.

Consonant match to capstan:
capstone, copestone, cap stone, cup stone, cups stone.

Words that sound like capstan:
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