hoist (noun)
51skip car — noun A small cart used to carry iron ore, coke, or limestone, inside a blast furnace. It travels through the furnaces on a skip hoist …
52puller — noun Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism …
53cranage — noun a) The use of a crane to hoist goods b) money paid for use of the crane …
54boatswain's chair — noun A short board or other seating, secured in a bridle of ropes, used to hoist a man aloft or over the ship’s side for painting and similar work. Syn: bosuns chair …
55shear legs — noun A form of derrick, consisting of three poles and a block and tackle, used to hoist and lower heavy weights, especially the masts of sailing ships. Syn: sheers …
56sideboy — noun One of an even numbered group of seamen posted in two rows on the quarterdeck when a visiting dignitary boards or leaves the ship, historically to help (or even hoist) him aboard …
57backpack — noun (esp. AmE) ⇨ See also ↑rucksack ADJECTIVE ▪ leather ▪ bulging, loaded, overstuffed, stuffed VERB + BACKPACK ▪ grab …
58kilt — noun a knee length skirt of pleated tartan cloth, traditionally worn by men as part of Scottish Highland dress. verb 1》 arrange (a garment or material) in vertical pleats. 2》 (kilt something up) hoist or tuck up one s skirt or coat. Derivatives… …
59pulley — noun (plural pulleys) a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes, used to raise heavy weights. ↘a wheel or drum fixed on a shaft and turned by a belt, used for the application or transmission of power. verb (pulleys, pulleying,… …
60crane — noun the cargo is lifted by a crane Syn: derrick, winch, hoist, davit, windlass; block and tackle …
