polyspast

Significado (Inglés)

1. A machine consisting of many pulleys
2. A machine of many pulleys, formerly used to reduce dislocation
3. A windlass with many pulleys and truckles

Sinónimos

block and tackle

compound pulley

tackle-block

pulley block

pulley tackle

set of pulleys

Spanish barton

burton

extension hand wheel block

Traducións

Flaschenzug

Zugwerk

moufle

polyspaste

polispasto

polispasto

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”).