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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 (n.) That by which
anything
is
hoisted;
the
apparatus
for
lifting
goods.
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Outrigger
::
Outrigger
(n.) Any spar or
projecting
timber
run out for
temporary
use, as from a
ship's
mast, to hold a rope or a sail
extended,
or from a
building,
to
support
hoisting
teckle..
Hoist
::
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..
Whip
::
Whip (v. t.) A small
tackle
with a
single
rope, used to hoist light
bodies..
Sling
::
Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with
hooks,
for
suspending
a
barrel,
bale, or other heavy
object,
in
hoisting
or
lowering..
Tug
::
Tug (n.) An iron hook of a
hoisting
tub, to which a
tackle
is
affixed..
Repeater
::
Repeater
(n.) A
pennant
used to
indicate
that a
certain
flag in a hoist of
signal
is
duplicated.
Drum
::
Drum (n.) A
cylinder
on a
revolving
shaft,
generally
for the
purpose
of
driving
several
pulleys,
by means of belts or
straps
passing
around
its
periphery;
also, the
barrel
of a
hoisting
machine,
on which the rope or chain is
wound..
Hoise
::
Hoise (v. t.) To
hoist.
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..
Garnet
::
Garnet
(n.) A
tackle
for
hoisting
cargo in our out.
Flagstaff
::
Flagstaff
(n.) A staff on which a flag is
hoisted.
Davit
::
Davit (n.) A spar
formerly
used on board of
ships,
as a crane to hoist the
flukes
of the
anchor
to the top of the bow,
without
injuring
the sides of the ship; --
called
also the fish
davit..
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.
Spandogs
::
Spandogs
(n. pl.) A pair of
grappling
dogs for
hoisting
logs and
timber.
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]..
Sway
::
Sway (v. i.) To
hoist;
as, to sway up the
yards..
Hoist
::
Hoist (p. p.)
Hoisted.
Hal''yard
::
Hal'yard
(v. t.) A rope or
tackle
for
hoisting
or
lowering
yards,
sails,
flags,
etc..
Lewisson
::
Lewisson
(n.) An iron
dovetailed
tenon,
made in
sections,
which can be
fitted
into a
dovetail
mortise;
-- used in
hoisting
large
stones,
etc..
Sling
::
Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope
round,
as a cask, gun, etc.,
preparatory
to
attaching
a
hoisting
or
lowering
tackle..
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