English Dictionary

winding engine

名詞

A stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.

日本語の意味

坑頭などで、ケーブルを巻く・制御するために設置される固定式のエンジン。鉱山の昇降機（ホイスト）の駆動などに使用される。

The old winding engine at the mine still hummed as it carefully raised and lowered the miners in the shaft.

鉱山の古い巻上げ機は、坑道で坑夫たちを慎重に昇降させながら今でも低く唸っていた。

意味（1）

A stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.

Now its only duty is to let down the coal required by the pumping plant at the bottom and to draw up the empties, which it does by means of a wire rope attached to a large drum driven by the original winding engine, but originally the engine pulled up the incline the coal from the pit at the bottom, ….

winding engines （ plural ）