Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An engine with five pulleys.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A purchase with five pulleys.
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When there are two sheaves turning in the block beneath and three in the upper, the machine is termed a pentaspast.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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