capstan

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

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

Capstan in a sentence

We toiled over the capstan, and late in the afternoon slipped out of the harbour.

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