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.
a mechanical advantage to raise the anchor or lift heavy cargo from the hold. The crew inserts two long poles through the head and turns the device by walking about it while wrapping the line around the bottom.
Driven roll, wheel, drum, or drawblock used with one or more wraps to pull the wire
Large cylindrical device that sailors inserted poles into to help haul up cables.
A mechanism using a wheel on a verticle axis into which levers are inserted into sockets and pushed by men walking around. A capstan is used on a ship to hoist sails and weighing the anchor.
A hoist made of a cable which is wound around a drum which has either a crank or motor attached to turn it to raise the load which is attached. It has a vertical axis of rotation used to wind or unwind the cable once it has a load attached.
Often referred to as a drum, rope drum, or warping drum. The capstan is primarily used for hauling rope.
a hand or machine powered, vertical, spindle-mounted drum which rotates and pulls lines by winding.
"A cylindrical revolving device used for haul ing a cable, especially the anchor cable." (Uden & Cooper) A capstan rotates around a vertical axis, as opposed to a windlass, which revolves around a horizontal axis.
a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
a cylinder or drum rotated by handles used to raise an anchor or a rope
a large motorized winch which can increase or decrease tension on a line
a machine, usually rotary, used chiefly in connection with shipping for hoisting heavy weights
a pulling machine that works by wrapping a piece of rope around a rotating cylinder
a revolving barrel with a vertical axis powered by people
A machine for hauling mooring and towing lines. Basically a very large steam powered winch with a ribbed vertical drum, except the line was not stored on the drum.
A vertical, spool-shaped rotating drum around which a cable, hawser or chain is wound for hoisting anchors, sails and other heavy weights.
A machine for hauling heavy cable, such as hawsers or warps, with its barrel set in a vertical position.
a rotating cylinder which is used to pull a rope or tension a line.
Vertically mounted motor driven spindle used to wind in hawsers or cables.
Nautical term describing an upright, revolving barrel mounted at the stern of the ship for ropes to be tied around it.
A rotating cylinder used in winding a rope or cable; also used in spinning and twisting yarn, twine or rope.
A rotating wheel mounted vertically, used to wind in anchors or other heavy objects.
An instrument by which the anchor is weighed out of the ground, it being a great mechanical power, and is used for setting up the shrouds, and other work where great purchases are required.
A winch used for hauling heavy objects such as anchors.
Large spindle for attaching or winding in ropes (hawsers) and cables
a large, spool-shaped, upright revolving drum which winches up anchor chains, tow ropes, and other heavy things, and is turned by crewmen pushing spoke-like bars and walking in a circle around the capstan to wind up (or down) whatever they are hauling.
A vertically mounted winch used on board vessels for moving heavy objects by means of ropes, cables, or chains.
large manual winch used for any extremely heavy lifting; especially the raising of the anchor
a revolving cylindrical device used for heaving in lines
A device for hauling on a line wrapped around a vertical drum by cranking. Can be turned by half a dozen men.
A warping head with a vertical axis used for handling mooring and other lines. It may have at its base a wildcat for handling anchor chain.
a barrel revolving in a vertical axis to haul in a cable or rope; usually driven by electric or hydraulic motor compare windlass
A rotating drum used to haul heavy lines and chains. Similar to a winch, but mounted vertically.
A set of revolving drums used in the high speed insulating lines to pull the insulated conductor through the extrusion line in a uniform and vibration free manner.
A large winch, mounted on end on the front of the ship, turned by crew members to raise and lower the anchors.
A capstan is a rotating machine used to apply force to another element, notably used on board ship and on dock walls, for heaving-in or veering ropes, cables and hawsers.