Capstan Meaning In Urdu

Capstan Meaning in English to Urdu is لنگر کی چرخی. It is written in Urdu fonts as لنگر کی چرخی and in Roman Urdu as Langar Ki Charkhi.

Definitions of 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.

Origin of Capstan Late Middle English: from Provençal cabestan, from cabestre ‘halter’, from Latin capistrum, from capere ‘seize’.

How To Spell Capstan {kap-stuh n, -stan}

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