Definitions for pulley

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pulley pul·ley

Spelling: [poo l-ee]

IPA: /ˈpʊl i/

Pulley is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in pulley (ellpuy).

Definitions for pulley

noun

1. a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end: one of the simple machines.
2. a combination of such wheels in a block, or of such wheels or blocks in a tackle, to increase the force applied.
3. a wheel driven by or driving a belt or the like, used to deliver force to a machine, another belt, etc., at a certain speed and torque.

Origin of pulley

1275-1325; Middle English poley, puly Middle French polie ≪ Medieval Greek *polídion little pivot, equivalent to pól(os) pole² + -idion diminutive suffix

Examples for pulley

Bullock died while attempting to fix one of the presses in 1867: After it became stuck, he tried to kick a belt onto a pulley.

So we had to have a pulley system where he was lowered on cables.

Zittelhof was just leavin', havin' got in his pulley things to lower 'em.

A pulley over the vat to draw out the rod or net is convenient.

In the drawing (A) is the shaft, with a pulley (A), which turns in the direction of the arrow (B).

It is drawn up and let down by a cord passing over a pulley.

In most cases counter-extension may be best managed by a weight and pulley.

Some of these devices are, the wedge, the screw, the pulley and the inclined plane.

The next operation was the reeving of the ropes over the wheels of the pulley.

The Dear Me was not anchored, but moored to the pier by a pulley and tackle.