capstan

Signification (Anglais)

1. (especially) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.
2. A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.

Concepts

cabestan

Synonymes

windlass

pulley

gin

jack

purchase

🛍️

reel

turret

vise

whim

winch

winding gear

wind lass

action wheel

revolving head

cable stock

capstan hoist

crab

🦀

anchor windlass drive

drive pulley

drive wheel

Traductions

cabestano

cabrestante

Spill

argano

kaapstander

cabrestant

eixo tracionado

ırgat

argue

Rollenantrieb

Capstan

verricello

cabrestante

Tonwelle

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkæp.stən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: -

In summary

Borrowed into Middle English from either Old French cabestan, from Old Occitan cabestan, from cabestre (“pulley cord”) or from Spanish cabestran, both of which derive from Latin capistrum (“halter”), from capiō (“take hold of”).