winding : Idioms & Phrases
Winding engine
- an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine.
Webster 1913
Winding sheet
- a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped.
Webster 1913
Winding tackle
(Naut.) , a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. Totten.
