winding engine
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head.
Example Sentences
- "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, [...]."