polyspast

== English == === Etymology === From Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”). === Noun === polyspast (plural polyspasts) A machine consisting of many pulleys Synonyms: block and tackle, muffle, hoisting-tackle (surgical) A machine of many pulleys, formerly used to reduce dislocation (mechanics) A windlass with many pulleys and truckles ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “polyspast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Bailey, Nathan (1737) The Universal Etymological English Dictionary === Anagrams === playspots