Flaschenzug — meaning in English

English meaning

• hoist verb To raise or lift something up, often using ropes, pulleys, or machinery.
• pulley noun A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim over which a rope or chain runs, used to lift or move loads.

Senses

Flaschenzug is used for these senses in English:

• block and tackle A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.
• hoist Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
• pulley (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

hoist — full definition

1. verb To raise or lift something up, often using ropes, pulleys, or machinery.
2. verb Informal: to steal.
3. noun A device used for lifting heavy loads.

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