The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Windlass

Sea Terms

The machine by which an anchor is weighed. (See engraving; see Capstan.)

Windlass

Patent windlass

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