I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clayt slipped on insulated gloves and leaned over and grabbed a blue flag and looped its rope to a winch .
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Hanging from hooks on the wall were sets of wire-pulling devices, complete with chain winch and gripper.
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He folded up sideways against the winch , and immediately tried to get up again.
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I am intrigued by the capstan winches fitted to the Range Rovers on the Darien Gap crossing.
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The winch man was running out the cable, allowing the barrage balloon to rise.
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The only winches which will fit are either electrically or hydraulically powered.
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This is not critical because at this point the winch driver is adjusting the power.
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This may cause an abnormally slow launch and the winch driver, seeing the other parachute, may cut the power.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He winched in hard and let go the lashings round the rolled bedsheets.
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Pottz drove for the peak and was winched irresistibly upwards.
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Some ten minutes later, a breathless Challenger stood by my side as the bell was winched aboard.
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The State winched him out of the professorial chair when the ecclesiastical authority was lukewarm.
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They could let down extra wires to hold the branch and winch it up when it was cut free.
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Two crew members of the Glenmore were winched to safety by helicopter shortly before their vessel went down.
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When canal boats are taken out of the water for repairs they are winched sideways up a slipway.