1540s, "to raise, lift, elevate," especially with a rope or tackle, earlier hoise (c. 1500), from Middle English hysse (late 15c.), which probably is from Middle Dutch hyssen (Dutch hijsen) [..]

A drum on which hoisting rope is wound in the engine house, as the cage or skip is raised in the hoisting shaft.

to lift.

 hoisted.

The mechanism on a palletizer by which a layer or load of product is raised or lowered to position the load to accept a layer of product or for discharge of the load.

(See Air Hoist)

The hoist is mounted to the carriage or crab, and performs the actual lifting function via a hook or lifting attachment. There are two basic types of Hoist. The first is the Wire Rope Hoist which is generally for higher capacities (over 2 Tonnes) and faster lifting speeds.

A manual or power-operated mechanical device to raise or lower a suspended scaffold.

(n) lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects(v) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help(v) move from one place to another by lifting(v) raise

Hoist with his own petard. Beaten with his own weapons, caught in his own trap. The petard was a thick iron engine, filled with gunpowder, and fastened to gates, barricades, and so on, to blow them up [..]

An apparatus for raising rock from a shaft and for lowering and raising men and material. It consists of a load-carrying vehicle attached to the end of a cable or rope usually employing a guideway to stabilize a vehicle.

An under running or top running machinery unit which is used for lifting or lowering a live load. When more than one hoist is mounted on a bridge, the larger capacity unit is typically called out as the Main hoist and the smaller unit is designated as the Auxiliary hoist.

A chain or electric lifting device usually attached to a trolly which travels along a monorail or bridge crane.

The machine used for raising and lowering the cage or other conveyance in a shaft.

The hoist is a machinery unit that is used to lift and lower a load.

A mechanical device used for raising and lowering heavy loads.

(see crane)

The side of a flag next to the pole. Indoor Flags -

1. A mechanism for delivering ammunition to a gun. 2. A group of signal flags hauled up a ship's mast via halyards.

To lift. Amount of goods lifted at one time. 2. Group

a display of signal flags on a halyard. Also, to raise a piece of gear or cargo.

A power unit for lifting, usually designed to lift from a position directly above the load.

(1) A mechanism for delivering ammunition to a gun. (2) A group of signal flags hauled up a ship's mast via halyards.

to raise aloft

To lift or raise, such as a sail or a flag.

To raise a sail on a mast

The length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail, or the space it requires for hoisting. The hoist of a flag is the edge to which the roping is stitched.

To raise anything by halyards or tackles, &c.   Hold.-- The interior of a ship ; generally understood to mean the space in which cargo, &c., is stowed away.

A machinery unit that is used for lifting and lowering  loads.

An elevator for lifting goods and, usually, people up a scaffold.

(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. * Alexander Pope *: The [..]