English Explanatory Dictionary

polyspast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A machine consisting of many pulleys
  2. A machine of many pulleys, formerly used to reduce dislocation
  3. A windlass with many pulleys and truckles

Word forms

polyspast polyspasts

Etymology

From Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”).

Synonyms

block and tackle muffle hoisting-tackle
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