to pawl the capstan
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Capstan
//ˈkæp.stən//
Synonyms for "capstan" (6 found)
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65 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀνέμη noun (cylindrical machine)
- ὁλκός noun (cylindrical machine)
Catalan
1 entries- cabrestant noun (cylindrical machine)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 絞盤 /绞盘 noun (cylindrical machine)
Danish
3 entries- gangspil noun (cylindrical machine)
- kapstanaksel noun (part of a tape recorder)
- spil noun (cylindrical machine)
Dutch
2 entries- kaapstander noun (cylindrical machine)
- toonas noun (part of a tape recorder)
Finnish
4 entries- ankkuripeli noun (cylindrical machine)
- käyntikela noun (cylindrical machine)
- vetoakseli noun (part of a tape recorder)
- vintturi noun (cylindrical machine)
French
2 entries- cabestan noun (cylindrical machine)
- cabestan noun (part of a tape recorder)
German
4 entries- Ankerspill noun (cylindrical machine)
- Ankerwinde noun (cylindrical machine)
- Antriebsrolle noun (part of a tape recorder)
- Bandantriebsrolle noun (part of a tape recorder)
Hebrew
1 entries- כַּנָּן noun (cylindrical machine)
Hindi
4 entries- कैप्सटन noun (cylindrical machine)
- कैप्सटन noun (part of a tape recorder)
- ढोल चर्ख़ी noun (cylindrical machine)
- हवीत noun (cylindrical machine)
Italian
1 entries- cabestano noun (cylindrical machine)
Japanese
1 entries- キャプスタン noun (cylindrical machine)
Korean
2 entries- 캡스턴 noun (cylindrical machine)
- 캡스턴 noun (part of a tape recorder)
Latin
1 entries- sucula noun (cylindrical machine)
Māori
1 entries- huritaura noun (cylindrical machine)
Norman
2 entries- capeste noun (cylindrical machine)
- vitheveau noun (cylindrical machine)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- capstan noun (cylindrical machine)
- forhalingsvinsj noun (cylindrical machine)
- gangspill noun (cylindrical machine)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- forhalingsvinsj noun (cylindrical machine)
- gangspel noun (cylindrical machine)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ارغات noun (cylindrical machine)
- بوجرغات noun (cylindrical machine)
- چقرق noun (cylindrical machine)
Polish
1 entries- kabestan noun (cylindrical machine)
Portuguese
1 entries- cabrestante noun (cylindrical machine)
Romanian
1 entries- cabestan noun (cylindrical machine)
Russian
3 entries- nautical шпиль noun (cylindrical machine)
- во́рот noun (cylindrical machine)
- кабеста́н noun (cylindrical machine)
Spanish
4 entries- argue (disused) noun (cylindrical machine)
- argüe (disused) noun (cylindrical machine)
- cabestrante noun (cylindrical machine)
- cabrestante noun (cylindrical machine)
Swedish
4 entries- ankarbult noun (cylindrical machine)
- ankarspel noun (cylindrical machine)
- gångspel noun (cylindrical machine)
- kapstan noun (part of a tape recorder)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кабеста́н noun (cylindrical machine)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
to rig the capstan
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to surge the capstan
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"Man the capstan! Blood and thunder!—jump!"—was the next command, and the crew sprang for the handspikes.
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