English-Finnish translations for windlass

• vintturi

Definition of windlass

• Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
• An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow
• To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass
• To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means

Related words

• anchor windlass drive
• anchor windlass
• well windlass