Windlass Meaning In Urdu

Windlass Meaning in English to Urdu is بوجھ اٹھانے کی کل. It is written in Urdu fonts as بوجھ اٹھانے کی کل and in Roman Urdu as Boojh Uthaney Ki Kal.

Definitions of Windlass

intransitive v. To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

v. To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.

n. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

n. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.

n. A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

Origin of Windlass Late Middle English: probably an alteration of obsolete windas, via Anglo-Norman French from Old Norse vindáss, literally ‘winding pole’.

How To Spell Windlass {wind-luh s}

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