TRISPAST


Meaning of TRISPAST in English

/truy"spast/ , n.

an ancient hoist or hauling device having three blocks.

[ 1700-10; trispastos having a triple pulley tríspastos, equiv. to tri- TRI- + spas-, s. of spân to draw, pull + -tos verbid suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .