A windlass is an apparatus for moving a heavy weight. Typically, a windlass consists of a horizontal cylinder (barrel), which is rotated by the turn of a crank or belt. A winch is affixed to one or both ends, and a cable or rope is wound around the winch, pulling a weight attached to the opposite end. Modern self-tailing winch on a sailing boat. ...
Windlasses are used on boats to raise anchor as an alternative to a vertical capstan. See anchor windlass. A stocked ships anchor. ... A portion of a model depicting a manual capstan in use. ... An anchor windlass within the forecastle on the main deck of the sailing ship Balclutha. ...
Crossbows may also use windlasses as a cocking mechanism. 15th century French soldier wearing a hauberk, armed with a crossbow/arbalest and resting on a pavise. ...
Windlasses are vital in the operation of almost all locks on the British Inland Waterways. Canal locks in England. ... // See NO History of the British canal system for a more detailed history. ...
The principal piece of the windlass, marked D in all the figures, is an octagon, whose diameter at the center and at the inside of the range-bitt C, is represented by Figs.
Also, by boring the windlass right through from end to end, it prevents any rot from taking place in the centre of the piece by taking out the heart, which in large pieces of timber is generally soft and the first to decay, and communicates the rot to the other parts.
Having already pointed out the form and position of the hoopes and bushes, and supposing the windlass made on the ground, and the pawl-bitt placed, the windlass-bitts should be in thickness 1-3d of the diameter of the windlass, and in breadth not less than a whole diameter of the same.
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