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Capstan

//ˈkæp.stən// noun

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Noun

1
A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc. especially
"to pawl the capstan"
2
a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails wordnet
3
A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from either Old French cabestan, from Old Occitan cabestan, from cabestre (“pulley cord”) or from Spanish cabestran, both of which derive from Latin capistrum (“halter”), from capiō (“take hold of”).

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