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capstan bar
noun
- a long lever for turning a capstan by hand.
capstan bar
noun
- a lever, often wooden, for turning a capstan
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Word History and Origins
Origin of capstan bar1
First recorded in 1620–30
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Example Sentences
First one that raises a hand off a capstan-bar, drill him through the head.
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Mahmud loosed his hold on the capstan-bar and in great anguish approached.
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Desperately I seized a capstan bar and knocked the wedges and battens off a hatch cover.
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He must live so far fr'm th' sea that he don't know a capstan bar fr'm a sheet anchor.
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Nor did I ever have a headache except the time my head was healing after having been laid open for six inches by a capstan-bar.
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