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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Such is the ship’s condition that some of her rigging is still in place, while her wooden capstan and bilge pump are also visible. 
Fox News, 23 July 2019 Various rare items were also visible aboard the ancient wreck, including a wooden bilge pump and a capstan, a wide cylinder used for winding up lengths of rope. William J. Broad, New York Times, 22 July 2019 Cranes, windlasses and capstans (ancient water-raising devices based on a kind of swinging, see-saw design) may well have inspired the use of counterweights in early elevators and hoists. Adrienne Bernhard, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2018
Fox News, 23 July 2019 Various rare items were also visible aboard the ancient wreck, including a wooden bilge pump and a capstan, a wide cylinder used for winding up lengths of rope. William J. Broad, New York Times, 22 July 2019 Cranes, windlasses and capstans (ancient water-raising devices based on a kind of swinging, see-saw design) may well have inspired the use of counterweights in early elevators and hoists. Adrienne Bernhard, Smithsonian, 27 Apr. 2018 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, probably from Middle French cabestant
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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