Word "CAPSTAN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails

Crossword Clues for CAPSTAN

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Ship's winding apparatus The Times Concise 29 Mar 2024
Hauling in the ropes, surpasses Brown (7)
Stan puts on his cap when cabling
A mechanism for receiving cables (7)
Cable winch on a ship (7)
Sort of lathe that gets past turning in tin (7)
Lifter fashioned taps in tin (7)
Nautical item is on top of vessel, not bottom The Guardian Cryptic 04 Oct 2023
Turner does better than Brown The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Nov 2022
Revolving spindle on a tape recorder The Guardian Quick 21 Oct 2022
Beats initially typifying any naval sailor’s drum given a turn? The Times Cryptic 21 Oct 2022
Device with a rotating drum used for hauling in 43Ds The Times Specialist Sunday 20 Feb 2022
Rope-winding device The Times Concise 15 Jan 2022
Better way to get a new winding device The Times Cryptic 25 Dec 2021
Turner catnaps when sozzled The Sun Two Speed 01 May 2021
Windlass The Sun Two Speed 01 May 2021
Turner puts lid on brown
Turner eclipses Brown The Sun Two Speed 21 Sep 2020
Dispatching one, skipper will receive special help for handling cables
Recorder's winding mechanism can hold different tapes with no end of storage
Laurel given to international player -- it might result in a wind-up The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Jul 2019
Ship's machinery can get past at sea
Turner eclipses Brown
Sun's effect on selected players that produces traction on board The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Oct 2018
Drum-like machine for hauling in heavy ropes The Times Specialist Sunday 07 Oct 2018
Put Matthews in England team as winder The Guardian Cryptic 24 May 2018
Device for winding pasta twists into drained corn
Skipper goes round southern island missing bit of ship's apparatus
One used to wind and sunburn after eclipses
Rotating part of a tape recorder New York Times 17 Mar 2018
Rotating machine showing effect of sun after eclipses
Rotating part of a tape recorder
Cassette recorder spindle Universal 27 Jul 2017
Winch able to check past rewinding
Cassette recorder spindle
Part of a tape recorder Universal 27 Oct 2016
Rope winder needs big characters to turn under the sun The Times Cryptic 14 Oct 2016
Rope winder needs big characters to turn under the sun
Seals off most of tank's mechanical device on ship The Telegraph Toughie 02 Aug 2016
Accountant pants moving windlass
Tape-recorder spindle Universal 15 Jan 2016
Tape-recorder spindle
Part of a tape recorder
Does better with bronze winch The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Dec 2015
Top mark after discharging one revolver
Catnaps -- possibly that provides energy for the sailor The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Nov 2015
With which one leaves skipper hauling in last of ropes? The Times Cryptic 13 Apr 2015
Covers on brown boat's winding gear
Rotating spindle
It moves tape through a machine
Ship's cable-winding drum
Rotating hoisting apparatus on a ship
Cassette player gismo
Cassette player gismo
It moves tape through a machine
Tape deck component
Tape deck component
Rotating spindle
One used to wind and sunburn after eclipses
Rotating spindle
Windlass
Where nautical rope is wound
Part of a tape recorder
Anchor holster
Type of windlass
Rope-winding device
Ship's cable drum.
Hauling apparatus on a ship.
Ship's revolving drum device.
Upright windlass.
Device for raising an anchor.
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