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polyspast

The English word “polyspast” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A machine consisting of many pulleys
  2. A machine of many pulleys, formerly used to reduce dislocation
  3. A windlass with many pulleys and truckles

Etymology

From Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”).

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