hoist (noun)
61freight elevator — noun an elevator designed for carrying freight • Syn: ↑service elevator • Hypernyms: ↑elevator, ↑lift * * * freight elevator, U.S. an elevator for hoisting heavy loads; hoist …
62lifting device — noun a device for lifting heavy loads • Hypernyms: ↑device • Hyponyms: ↑crane, ↑elevator, ↑lift, ↑hoist, ↑winch, ↑windlass …
63yellow jack — noun 1. yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine • Hypernyms: ↑flag 2. fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico • Syn: ↑Caranx bartholomaei • Hypernyms: ↑jack 3. caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito …
64boat fall — noun : a tackle used to hoist or lower a ship s boat from or to the davits usually used in plural …
65broad pennant — noun : a flag with a gradual taper ending in a broad swallowtail with the ratio of breadth in the hoist to length in the fly conspicuously greater than in the long pennant; especially : such a flag flown by a commodore in a navy compare broad… …
66chain block — noun : chain hoist …
67hoisting pad — noun Etymology: hoisting from gerund of hoist (I) : metal fittings on a boat for attaching hoisting equipment …
68hoisting tower — noun : a temporary elevator shaft of scaffolding used to hoist materials on building construction work …
69post flag — noun Etymology: post (VII) : the national flag measuring 19 feet fly by 10 feet hoist ordinarily used at a military post (as of the United States Army) …
70railroad jack — noun 1. : a portable jack used for heavy lifting 2. a. : a 4 screw or 6 screw hoist operated by electric motors for lifting locomotives off their wheels while they are undergoing repairs b. : a hydraulic lift device operated either by hand lever… …
