Pieces of hard wood fitted round the main-piece of a windlass to prevent chafing, and also to enable the cable to hold on more firmly.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Line>>. II. Lining ·noun The act of one who lines; the act or process of makin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift. II. Windlass ·vi To take a rounda...
[from the Ang.-Sax. windles]. A machine erected in the fore-part of a ship which serves to ride by, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The short pieces of plank fastened to the sides of the ship, under the fore-channels, to prevent the...
A lining on the after-part of sails, to prevent their chafing against the top-rim. Also, a platform ...
A light windlass for barges. ...
A wooden roller, or heaver, having a rope wound about it, through the bight of which an iron bolt is...
See carrick-bitts. ...
Those pieces of oak or elm fastened inside the bows of small craft, to support the ends of the windl...
Two pieces which continue the windlass outside the bitt-heads. ...