( n. )
Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
( n. )
Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012