English Dictionary

winch

/wɪnt͡ʃ/

noun

A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.

The winch was used to lift heavy objects.

意味（1）

A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.

意味（2）

(nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).

It runs on clattering steel tracks; the driver sits in a cab over the tracks, operating the controls that rotate the arm and turn the winch.

意味（3）

A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

意味（4）

A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.

意味（5）

(Nigeria, slang) Witch.

the mule[…]being likewise frighted by that terrible blow, ran away as fast as it could about the fields, and within two or three winches overthrew him to the ground