trispast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A machine with three pulleys which act together to raise great weights.

Word forms

trispast trispasts

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρῐ́σπαστος (trĭ́spastos, “drawn threefold”).

Synonyms

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