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Windlass Meaning In Hindi

Windlass Meaning in Hindi is बेलन-चरखी. It is written as Belan-carkhī in Roman Hindi. Windlass is a noun by form. The synonyms and antonyms of Windlass are listed below.

Definitions of Windlass

n. A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

n. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.

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

v. To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.

intransitive v. To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

Form Noun

How To Spell Windlass [wind-luh s]

Origin of Windlass Late Middle English: probably an alteration of obsolete windas, via Anglo-Norman French from Old Norse vindáss, literally ‘winding pole’.