Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small winch with drum, ratchet, and pawl, and fittings for attaching it to a post.
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a gipsy-winch, gave it a hard blow with the marline spike, which was nearly torn from his hand by the explosion that followed.
Great Sea Stories Various 1897
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