Translation for "windlass" to spanish
Windlass
noun
Translation examples
noun
Hold that windlass 'til I get this in place."
Sujeta el torno hasta que haya colocado esto.
Steel pulleys, windlasses, winches and hawsers.
Poleas de acero, cabestrantes, tornos y cables.
A windlass standing at the mine entrance turned leisurely.
El torno que estaba a la entrada de la mina giraba lentamente.
Straining sailors were already labouring at the anchor windlass.
Los esforzados marineros se afanaban ya con el torno del timón.
I locked the windlass in place to stop the rope from unspooling.
Bloqueé el torno para que la cuerda no se desenrollara.
I saw two lizards chasing each other on the windlass.
Vi a dos lagartijas correteando por encima del torno.
In the bow, the silhouette of the windlass rolls, rises, falls, rolls, rises, falls.
En la proa, la silueta del torno se mece, se eleva y desciende; se mece, se eleva y desciende.
clambering over the anchors; embracing the crosshead of the windlass or hugging the forecapstan.
suspendidos de la batayola, trepando por encima de las anclas, abrazando la cabeza del molinete o anudando los brazos en torno del cabrestante.
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