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pulley block

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A shell containing one or more sheaves, the whole forming a pulley.

Equivalents

Bosanskiблок
Hrvatskiблок
Српскиблок
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Українськаблок

Examples

“The next stage⟳ entailed toppling-over each girder into the river by means of hand-winches and pulley-blocks.”
“In 1799 he [Marc Brunel] designed a machine to make⟳ pulley blocks for the British Navy ... who turned out not to be good payers.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pulley bone pulley shell Pulleys Pulliam pullicat pullicate

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