hoist (noun)
71shear legs — noun plural but singular or plural in construction : shear 1d(2) * * * shear (def. 16). Also, sheerlegs. [1855 60] * * * shear legs, a hoist for heavy weights; shears …
72short yard rope — noun : a rope hooked to the slings of a topgallant or royal yard and used with a purchase whose fall leads to the deck to hoist the yard …
73slackline — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a cable (as in a lumbering operation) suspended slackly between spar trees and adapted especially to yarding downhill or across steep sided canyons or gullies compare skyline 2. : a hoist that lowers an empty bucket by… …
74spencer mast — noun : a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast and used to hoist the spencer …
75tackline — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a short piece of line used to separate flags in a signal hoist …
76throat halyard — noun : a line used to hoist the throat of a gaff …
77chain fall — noun see chain hoist …
78safety lift — noun see safety hoist …
79skip elevator — noun see skip hoist …
80hoistman — tmən noun (plural hoistmen) Etymology: hoist (II) + man : the operator of a hoist : engineman * * * hoistˈman noun A person who works a hoist • • • …
