polyspast

Meaning

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

Synonyms

block and tackle

compound pulley

tackle-block

pulley block

pulley tackle

set of pulleys

Spanish barton

burton

extension hand wheel block

Translations

Flaschenzug

Zugwerk

moufle

polyspaste

polispasto

polispasto

Etymology

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