Hoisting

Samled Inthavong had almost finished hoisting his family members into a boat when a building uprooted by the collapse of a dam upstream slammed into his house.

We have a go for main engine start. T-minus five, four, three, two, one. Booster ignition and liftoff of Discovery, hoisting Harmony to the heavens and opening new gateways for international science. Discovery has cleared the tower.

Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing.

The Madras government allowed flag hoistings in particular circumstances[…]