windlass

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←中古英语 wyndlas
源自 ←盎格鲁-诺曼语 windase
源自 ←fro-nor windas
源自 ←古诺尔斯语 vindáss “windlass”

词源说明

From Middle English wyndlas, wyndelas, wyndlasse, wyndelasse, probably an alteration (due to Middle English windel) of Middle English windas, wyndas, wyndace, from Anglo-Norman windase, windeis and Old Northern French windas (compare Old French guindas, Medieval Latin windasius, windasa), from Old Norse vindáss (“windlass”, literally “winding-pole”), from vinda (“to wind”) + áss (“pole”). Compare Icelandic vindilass.

释义（英文）

名词 Noun

Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights.
A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

动词 Verb

To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.

词族

派生词（2）

windlasser