Meaning of winding engine | Babel Free
Definitions
A stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.
Examples
“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 bottom, [...].”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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