Meaning of guindastre | Babel Free

Definitions

1. tow truck
   masculine
2. crane (machine)
   masculine
3. windlass; winch
   masculine
4. Equivalent to 'Davit': A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship.

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Examples

“destes por duas palmelas et dous golfoos et cravos para o gindastes dose moravedis”

you gave for two hinges and for nails for the windlass 12 coins

“o caldeiro é grande e negro, e colga dun guindastre (unha viga que xirando pon o caldeiro sobor do lume)”

the cauldron is large and black, and it hangs from a windlass (a pole which, upon winding, can set the cauldron over the fire)

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