A winch used for hauling heavy objects such as anchors.

late 14c., from Old French cabestant, from Old Provençal cabestan, from capestre "pulley cord," from Latin capistrum "halter," from capere "to hold, take," from PIE root [..]

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A winch used for hauling heavy weights like the anchor. A vertical cylinder with handles that is rotated manually by several of the crew and around which a cable is wound.

The Capstan is the drive spindle on a tape machine.

Used with ropes for moving vehicles in restricted areas like workshops, where a locomotive or other power unit cannot be accommodated. Most common where ground mounted wheel lathes are used.

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Similar to a turret

(n) a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails

drum like part of the windlass used for winding in rope, cables, or chain connected  to cargo or anchors

A rotating cylinder around which a ship's cable or rope is wound.

  In relation to tape recorders, a tiny rotating, motor-driven spindle that pinches the tape against a rubber roller and pulls it from the supply reel to the take-up reel; changing the diameter of the [..]

Computer-Aided Planned Stowage and Networking system.

Mechanical device with drum having a vertical spindle used to tighten or slacken mooring ropes or to haul an anchor.

The vertical barrel device used to heave in cable or lines.

A large winch with a vertical axis. In the days of sail, a full-sized human-powered capstan was a waist-high cylindrical machine, operated by a number of hands who each insert a horizontal capstan bar [..]

a winch working horizontally to lift anchors Source: Maritime Curators Group: Manual of Curatorship

Steel warping drum rotating on a vertical axis for the handling of mooring lines and optionally anchor cable.

A vertical drum or barrel operated by a steam engine and used for handing heavy anchor chains, heavy hawsers, etc. The engine is usually non-reversing and transmites its power to the capstan shaft thr [..]

A cylindrical barrel used for heavy lifting, also called Capstern. The capstan (sometimes two on larger ships) was located in the centre line of a ship, sometimes through several deck-levels. Wooden r [..]

A revolving cylindrical device used for heaving in lines or anchors : A vertical, spool:shaped rotating drum around which cable, hawser or chain is wound for hoisting anchors, sails and other heavy we [..]

A stump with a vertical axis used for handling mooring and other lines

the vertical barrel device used to heave in cable or lines; usually used in connection with the anchor.

A huge rotating hub (wheel) mounted vertically and provided with horizontal holes to take up the capstan bars (when manually rotated), used to wind in anchors or other heavy objects; and sometimes to [..]

A heavy, vertical cylinder, usually turned by muscle but sometimes by steam, used to pull heavy lines. A capstan could be used, in conjunction with booms

A vertical, spool-shaped rotating drum around which cable, hawser or chain is wound for hoisting anchors, sails and other heavy weights.

the drum-like part of the windlass, which is a machine used for winding in rope, cables or chain connected to an anchor cargo.

A rotating drum used to haul heavy lines and chains. Similar to a winch, but mounted vertically

A large winch with a vertical axis. A full-sized human-powered capstan is a waist-high cylindrical machine, operated by a number of hands who each insert a horizontal capstan bar

A large winch with a vertical axis. A full-sized human-powered capstan is a waist-high cylindrical machine, operated by a number of hands who each insert a horizontal capstan bar in holes in the capstan and walk in a circle. Used to wind in anchors or other heavy objects; and sometimes to administer flogging over.

1. a vertical drum, revolving on a spindle, used for reeling in heavy line or chain.  2. During the "Age of Sail", a large round hub, on a vertical axis, that sat on an upper deck and drove [..]

A revolving cylindrical device used for heaving in lines or anchors - A vertical, spool-shaped rotating drum around which cable, hawser or chain is wound for hoisting anchors, sails and other heavy we [..]

A rotating cylinder used for hauling in rope or line or for lifting heavy loads. See "Winch.

A capstan is a cylinder or drum rotated by handles used to raise an anchor or a rope.