capstan : Idioms & Phrases
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Capstan bar
- one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike..
Webster 1913
Jeer capstan
(Naut.) , an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.
Webster 1913
To come up the capstan
(Naut.) , to turn it the contrary way, so as to slacken the rope about it.
Webster 1913
To pawl the capstan
- to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back.
Webster 1913
To rig the capstan
- to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets.
Webster 1913
To surge the capstan
- to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it.
