pulley
Collocations
3ADJ.
bottom, simple
VERB + PULLEY
borrow, passing, using
PREP.
around
Definitions
noun
One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving
These pulleys […] placed collaterally.
Nine hundred of the ſtrongeſt Men were employed to draw up theſe Cords by many Pulleys faſtned on the Poles, and thus, in leſs than three Hours, I was raiſed and flung into the Engine, and there tyed faſt.
Annular ligament of the finger.
verb
To raise or lift by means of a pulley.
[a mine]is digg'd out with ease, being soft, and is between a white Clay and Chalk at first; but being pulley'd up with the open Air, it receives a crusty kind of hardness
name
A surname.
A hamlet in Bayston Hill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4809).
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in whic
- pulley-block
- block
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6These pulleys […] placed collaterally.
WiktionaryNine hundred of the ſtrongeſt Men were employed to draw up theſe Cords by many Pulleys faſtned on the Poles, and thus, in leſs than three Hours, I was raiſed and flung into the Engine, and there tyed
WiktionaryThe steel haulage ropes have a breaking strain of 50 tons, and another pair passing around a pulley at the bottom connect the lower ends of the cars and act as tail or balance ropes.
Wiktionary[a mine]is digg'd out with ease, being soft, and is between a white Clay and Chalk at first; but being pulley'd up with the open Air, it receives a crusty kind of hardness
WiktionaryThe screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
Tatoeba · #35807The river is six miles deep in some areas and the only way to cross it is using a pulley and a rope.
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