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nounlifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
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"winch up the slack line"verbpull or lift up with or as if with a winch
Definition that contains winch
- winch pull or lift up with or as if with a winch
- winder a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
- william of wykeham English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)
- yard donkey a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
- winchester college the oldest English public school; located in Winchester
- yarder a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
- wykeham English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)
- wykehamist a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College