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Definition of hoist
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of hoist is as below...
Hoist (v. t.) To
raise;
to lift; to
elevate;
esp., to raise or lift to a
desired
elevation,
by means of
tackle,
as a sail, a flag, a heavy
package
or
weight..
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Top-tackle
::
Top-tackle
(n.) A
tackle
used in
hoisting
and
lowering
the
topmast.
Parrel
::
Parrel
(n.) The rope or
collar
by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be
hoisted
or
lowered
at
pleasure.
Hoist
::
Hoist (n.) That by which
anything
is
hoisted;
the
apparatus
for
lifting
goods.
Hoist
::
Hoist (n.) The
perpendicular
height
of a flag, as
opposed
to the fly, or
horizontal
length
when
flying
from a
staff..
Corf
::
Corf (n.) A large
basket
used in
carrying
or
hoisting
coal or ore.
Snow
::
Snow (n.) A
square-rigged
vessel,
differing
from a brig only in that she has a
trysail
mast close abaft the
mainmast,
on which a large
trysail
is
hoisted..
Overwind
::
Overwind
(v. t.) To wind too
tightly,
as a
spring,
or too far, as a
hoisting
rope on a
drum..
Glossocomon
::
Glossocomon
(n.) A kind of
hoisting
winch.
Teagle
::
Teagle
(n.) A
hoisting
apparatus;
an
elevator;
a
crane;
a lift.
Spencer
::
Spencer
(n.) A
fore-and-aft
sail, abaft the
foremast
or the
mainmast,
hoisted
upon a small
supplementary
mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a
trysail
carried
at the
foremast
or
mainmast;
-- named after its
inventor,
Knight
Spencer,
of
England
[1802]..
Hutch
::
Hutch (n.) A car on low
wheels,
in which coal is drawn in the mine and
hoisted
out of the pit..
Atrip
::
Atrip
(adv.)
Sheeted
home,
hoisted
taut up and ready for
trimming;
-- said of
sails..
Stretcher
::
Stretcher
(n.) A
crosspiece
placed
between
the sides of a boat to keep them apart when
hoisted
up and
griped.
Derrick
::
Derrick
(n.) A mast, spar, or tall
frame,
supported
at the top by stays or guys, with
suitable
tackle
for
hoisting
heavy
weights,
as
stones
in
building..
Elevator
::
Elevator
(n.) A cage or
platform
and the
hoisting
machinery
in a
hotel,
warehouse,
mine, etc., for
conveying
persons,
goods,
etc., to or from
different
floors
or
levels;
--
called
in
England
a lift; the cage or
platform
itself..
Top-rope
::
Top-rope
(n.) A rope used for
hoisting
and
lowering
a
topmast,
and for other
purposes..
Hatch
::
Hatch (n.) An
opening
in the deck of a
vessel
or floor of a
warehouse
which
serves
as a
passageway
or
hoistway;
a
hatchway;
also; a cover or door, or one of the
covers
used in
closing
such an
opening..
Indicator
::
Indicator
(n.) A
telltale
connected
with a
hoisting
machine,
to show, at the
surface,
the
position
of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc..
Trysail
::
Trysail
(n.) A
fore-and-aft
sail, bent to a gaff, and
hoisted
on a lower mast or on a small mast,
called
the
trysail
mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used
chiefly
as a storm sail.
Called
also
spencer..
Gantline
::
Gantline
(n.) A line
rigged
to a mast; -- used in
hoisting
rigging;
a
girtline.
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