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capstan bar

noun

  1. a long lever for turning a capstan by hand.


capstan bar

noun

  1. a lever, often wooden, for turning a capstan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

Mahmud loosed his hold on the capstan-bar and in great anguish approached.

Desperately I seized a capstan bar and knocked the wedges and battens off a hatch cover.

He must live so far fr'm th' sea that he don't know a capstan bar fr'm a sheet anchor.

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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