имя существительное 1) [морское дело] брашпиль 2) [технический термин] ворот, лебёдка
[морской транспорт] брашпиль
I. noun Etymology: Middle English wyneles, wyndlas, alteration of wyndase, from Old French guindas, windas, from Old Norse vindāss, from vinda to wind (akin to Old High German wintan to wind) + āss pole; akin to Gothic ans beam any of various machines for hoisting or hauling: as a. a horizontal barrel supported on vertical posts and turned by a crank so that the hoisting rope is wound around the barrel b. a steam or electric winch with horizontal or vertical shaft and two drums used to raise a ship's anchor II. transitive verb to hoist or haul with a windlass