Hundreds of small craft dart about the harbor while along shore is the clatter of engines and winches.—Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2024 More advanced 4×4 enthusiasts can also sharpen winch skills and their acumen with safety procedures, trail navigation, and rock crawling.—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
Verb
There are some existing solutions for precision aerial delivery that have been operating at scale with some success, typically by winching packages to the ground from a VTOL drone.—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024 The Eric McAllister, the bigger of the two, is 98 feet (30 meters) long and equipped with a thick steel cable and winch that, when attached to even a large cargo ship, can potentially pull it away from trouble.—Joshua Goodman and Richard Lardner, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for winch
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English winche roller, reel, from Old English wince; akin to Old English wincian to wink
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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