plural of Winch

A set of three whirlers for simultaneously twisting the three yarns of a rope.

plural of rope winch

(military aviation) To run out of ammunition, requiring a return to base.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

Units used for the measurement of dry and liquid volumes, the standards for which were originally deposited at Winchester, England. The Winchester bushel is still used in the US.

A measure of dry and liquid volume equal to 35.24 litres used in US and Canada. Originating in England and one of the units of Winchester measure. Abbreviated bu

A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England. / The City of Winchester, a local government district in Hampshire / A number of places in the United States:

A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater. / A bottle holding a Winchester quart. / (computing, dated) A hard disk.

(Britain) a unit of volume equal to half a Winchester gallon, equal to two quarts, or 2.273 litres. / (Britain) a bottle of that size used in laboratories, commonly holding 2.5 litres.