noun a wince.
2. winch ·noun a kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
3. winch ·noun an instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
4. winch ·noun a crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, ·etc.
5. winch ·vi to wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
6. winch ·noun an axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, ·etc.; a windlass.