Portuguese Meaning of capstan
cabrestante
Other Portuguese words related to cabrestante
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of capstan
- capsizing => capotamento
- capsized => tombado
- capsize => virar
- capsidae => capsídeos
- capsicum pepper plant => Planta de pimentos
- capsicum frutescens baccatum => Pimenta caiena
- capsicum frutescens => pimento
- capsicum baccatum => Pimentão
- capsicum annuum longum => Pimento
- capsicum annuum grossum => Pimentão
Definitions and Meaning of capstan in English
capstan (n)
a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
capstan (n.)
A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
FAQs About the word capstan
cabrestante
a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sailsA vertical cleated drum or cylinder, re
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
capsizing => capotamento, capsized => tombado, capsize => virar, capsidae => capsídeos, capsicum pepper plant => Planta de pimentos,
