winch

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Englisch

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɪnt͡ʃ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English wynche, from Old English winċe, from Proto-Germanic *winkijǭ, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), whence also wink.

Nomen

winch (plural winches)

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  1. A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.
  2. (nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading oder discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines.
    • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 27, in The Childhood of Jesus, Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, page 267:
      It runs on clattering steel tracks; the driver sits in a cab over the tracks, operating the controls that rotate the arm and turn the winch.
  3. A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
  4. A kick, as of an animal, from impatience oder uneasiness.
  5. (Nigeria, slang) A witch.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tok Pisin: winis
  • → Arabic: وِنْش (winš)
  • → Japanese: ウインチ
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: vinsj
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: vinsj
  • → Serbo-Croatian: vȉnč
  • → Swahili: winchi
  • → Swedish: vinsch
  • → Ottoman Turkish: وینچ (vinç)
Translations

Verb

winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)

  1. To use a winch
    Winch in those sails, lad!
Translations

Etymology 2

See wince.

Verb

winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)

  1. To wince; to shrink
    • 1812, Joanna Baillie, The Dream, part Act 1:
      It is not the first time a cat-o'-nine-tails has been across my back for other men's misdeeds. Promise me a good flask of brandy when I'm done with it, and I warrant ye I'll never winch.
  2. To kick with impatience or uneasiness.

French

Nomen

winch m (plural winchs)

  1. (nautical) winch

Further reading

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