Definitions for winches

• Definition
• Anagrams (147)

winches winch

Spelling: [winch]

IPA: /wɪntʃ/

Winches is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in winches (cehinsw).

Definitions for winches

noun

1. the crank or handle of a revolving machine.
2. a windlass turned by a crank, for hoisting or hauling.
3. any of various devices for cranking.
4. Also, wince. Textiles. any machine equipped with rollers that guide cloth through a dye or finishing solution in an open vat. a roller between two dyeing vats for passing cloth from one vat to another.

verb (used with object)

1. to hoist or haul (a load) by means of a winch.

verb (used without object), noun

1. wince1 .

Origin of winches

before 1050; Middle English winche, Old English wince pulley; akin to wench, wince¹, wink¹

Examples for winches

In the circle in winch he moved, he was the friend of everybody and everybody was his friend.

The crowd that had gathered on the shingle worked at the winch and ropes.

But Mr. Fotheringay never heard what Mr. winch was going to tell him.

We rowed to the ship and the line was carried aboard and tagged onto a winch.

One of the footmen ran for the winch, and another brought a knife from the house.

A blunder of mine, when I went to the winch to get up anchor, settled the question.

Suffice it, too, that the problem of winch remained unsolved.

Video of the search shows the winch struggling to cope with the stormy conditions.

I was awakened in the small hours by the rattle of the winch.

Then out of the mist, a whirring of helicopter blades, and, deus ex machina, a man descends fromt he chopper to winch you aboard.