Winch
win
definition
verb
Dramatic television footage showed rescue workers winching the nine survivors one-by-one from the roof of the restaurant as flames and smoke poured from the upper floors of the building in Taichung City in central Taiwan.
hoist or haul with a winch.
noun
They do the work of motorized winches - haul logs, or move stuck tractors, raise towers, and so on - but with the deftness of a human hand.
a hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope, cable, or chain winding around a horizontal rotating drum, turned by a crank or by motor or other power source; a windlass.
My primary role on the boat is called a ‘grinder’, and I provide power for the winches [the circular wheels which wind the boat's sails up and down].
the crank of a wheel or axle.
translation of 'winch'
noun
takal
example
Ropes and pulleys and an electric 'winch' were used for the job.
The cage was lowered by 'winch' and wire rope to a depth of 5m, just deep enough to escape the surface surge and swell.
an attempt to 'winch' survivors of the wreck into a helicopter
I'd say it was an ex-fishing boat because it's got a drum 'winch' on the front.
Driving down hill was the most dangerous, so shoes were fitted to the wheels and a wire rope attached to a 'winch' on the engine was sometimes used to control movement on a steep gradient.
The evil ones quickly pulled it tight and then attached a large bag on a 'winch' to the ropes and then pulled the bag over the castle wall.
We came out through a hatch onto the stern deck, next to the main 'winch' from which ropes and netting seemed to disappear in all directions.
Mark grabs it and attaches it to the winch as Gerry starts the 'winch' motor.
To haul one of his traps, Glen uses a gaff to grab its buoy, then wraps the attached rope around a hydraulic 'winch' that brings the trap from its resting place, typically in two to six fathoms of water, to boat-side.
The anchor 'winch' has a large drum on the back, with its axis along the wreck.
Forward of the boilers there is little but scraps of metal, except for the anchor 'winch' , chains and anchors.
Lucia was going to need a 'winch' to haul me around everyday.
The raised forecastle has all the normal anchor handling gear as well as a huge single 'winch' used for hauling loads out of the fish hold.
I used a set of 'winchers' for over 10 years.
North Yorkshire Fire and rescue crews released Mr Brader using specialist 'winches' and airbags to lift up the tractor.
The inexperienced sailors were 'winched' to safety.
Two canoeists from Galway city had a lucky escape on Lough Corrib yesterday when a helicopter 'winched' them to safety after they took shelter on one of the lake's islands.
But remember, all those ropes and 'winches' and seafaring clutter have an important function, and the crew will certainly need to be able to get to them (sometimes in a hurry).
The frightened but brave ten-year-old held on before he was 'winched' to safety shortly after 7 pm last Tuesday evening.
Sometimes it will be plucking shivering, shocked survivors from a sunken vessel out of lift rafts, from the sea or 'winching' the crew off a vessel that is going to go down.
It has neat navigational aids, polished 'winches' , ropes a-plenty, exciting pump-action loos and a limitless supply of biscuits.
The para-dropping and cargo handling equipment comprises two travelling cranes, two 'winches' , rollgang and tiedown equipment.
Three people had to be 'winched' to safety by helicopter and two more had to abandon their car after it got stuck in sand in a busy weekend for the water rescue services in Sligo Bay.
Perched at the stern, where she is manning one of the 'winches' used to crank the ropes that control the main sails, Souka looks uneasy.
At 7.30 pm, Crewman Walters requested a rescue helicopter to help the fourth person and the lifeboat provided cover while this person was 'winched' to safety.
Just a few hundred yards down the road, workmen are busily 'winching' the last of the mangled passenger carriages off the tracks at the site of North Yorkshire's worst rail disaster.
Along with the chopper crew, the team practiced stretcher loading, 'winching' a casualty into the aircraft and landing zone safety.
They do the work of motorized 'winches' - haul logs, or move stuck tractors, raise towers, and so on - but with the deftness of a human hand.
I wish she had seen the elderly nursing home residents being 'winched' off rooftops on to a helicopter, wrapping sheets around their heads as they were too scared to look down.
One elderly woman was 'winched' from Hawnby, which was cut off, after suffering a suspected heart attack and was flown to the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.
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