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capstan 音标拼音: [k'æpstən] n. 绞盘,起锚机 绞盘,起锚机 capstan绞盘 capstan*绞盘 capstan n 1: a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sailsCapstan \ Cap" stan\, n. [ F. cabestan, fr. Sp. cabestrante, cabrestante, fr. cabestrar to bind with a halter, fr. cabestrohalter, fr. L. capistrum halter, fr. capere to hold ( see { Capacious}); or perh. the Spanish is fr. L. caper goat stans, p. pr. of stare to stand; cf. F. ch[` e] vre she- goat, also a machine for raising heavy weights.] A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. [ Sometimes spelt { Capstern}, but improperly.] [ 1913 Webster] { Capstan bar}, one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike.. { To pawl the capstan}, to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. { To rig the capstan}, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. { To surge the capstan}, to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it. [ 1913 Webster]
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