pulley

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Synonyme

pulley block

pulley-block

glidewheel

slidewheel

rope block

pulley wheel

carrier roller

idler roller

winding tackle

sliding wheel

sliding pulley

Frequenz

31k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈpʊli/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English puly, poley, from Old French poulie, polie (“a pulley, windlass”), from Medieval Latin polidia, plural mistaken for the feminine of neuter polidium, from Ancient Greek πολίδιον (polídion, “little pivot”), diminutive of πόλος (pólos, “pivot, hinge, axis”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”). Associated with pull (verb) by folk etymology.

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