English Explanatory Dictionary

capstan screw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of screw commonly used to regulate the height of the action in a piano.
  2. Mainly on sailboats, the mechanism for winding ropes under a lot of tension; a capstan.

Word forms

capstan screw capstan screws
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