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winding engine

winding engine noun: a stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.

Noun

winding engine (plural winding engines)

  1. A stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.
    • Now its only duty is to let down the coal required by the pumping plant at the bottom and to draw up the empties, which it does by means of a wire rope attached to a large drum driven by the original winding engine, but originally the engine pulled up the incline the coal from the pit at the...1939 July, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 3

Forms of winding engine

pluralwinding engines

Questions about winding engine

What does winding engine mean?
Winding engine means a stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.
What part of speech is winding engine?
Winding engine is a noun.
What is the plural of winding engine?
The plural of winding engine is winding engines.

Words near winding engine in the dictionary

  1. winding back
  2. winding back the clock
  3. winding cloth
  4. winding cloths
  5. winding down
  6. winding engine
  7. winding engines
  8. winding hole
  9. winding holes
  10. winding key
  11. winding number

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