noun नाम

Windlass meaning in konkani

विंडलास हें यंत्र

  • Pronunciation

    /ˈwɪnd.ləs/

  • Definition

    lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

    केबल वा दोरी वाऱ्याचेर घुंवपी क्रॅंकान घुंवडायल्ल्या आडव्या सिलेंडराचें उखलपाचें साधन

  • Synonyms

    winch (विंच करप)

verb क्रियापद

Windlass meaning in konkani

विंडलास हें यंत्र

  • Definitions

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

    विंडलासा वांगडा वा ताचे वांगडा अशें उबारप; विंडलास वापरप.

  • Examples:
    1. A favoring breeze enabled us to sail all the way down the lake, and (having been windlassed across the haul-over) even down the canals.

  • 2. To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

    गोल चक्राचो अभ्यासक्रम घेवप; सावधानपणान वा अप्रत्यक्ष मार्गान काम करप.

  • Examples:
    1. He could not expect to allure him forward, and therefore drives him as far back as he can; that so he may be the more sure of him at the rebound; as a skilful woodsman, that by windlassing presently gets a shoot, which, without taking a compass and thereby a commodious stand, he could never have obtained.

noun नाम

Windlass meaning in konkani

विंडलास हें यंत्र

  • Definitions

    1. A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.

    एक वळवळपी आनी घुंवपी मार्ग; एक गोल चक्राचो अभ्यासक्रम.

  • Examples:
    1. With windlasses and with assays of bias, / By indirections find directions out.