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windlass in Spanish

windlass in Spanish is malacate — windlass means a machine that lifts heavy weights by winding a rope or cable around a turning cylinder.

windlass in Spanish

malacate
noun
An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

What does "windlass" mean?

  1. noun A machine that lifts heavy weights by winding a rope or cable around a turning cylinder.
  2. noun A twisting, indirect route; a roundabout way of getting somewhere.
  3. noun A winch-like device used to draw back the bow of a crossbow.
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What is "windlass" in Spanish?
"windlass" in Spanish is malacate. windlass means: A machine that lifts heavy weights by winding a rope or cable around a turning cylinder.
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