different between winch vs yarder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Etymology 1

From Middle English wynche, from Old English win?e, from Proto-Germanic *winkij?, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), whence also wink.

Noun

winch (plural winches)

1. A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.
2. (nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).
   • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 267.

     It runs on clattering steel tracks; the driver sits in a cab over the tracks, operating the controls that rotate the arm and turn the winch.

3. A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
4. A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shelton to this entry?)

Translations

Verb

winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)

1. To use a winch

   Winch in those sails, lad!

Translations

Etymology 2

See wince.

Verb

winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)

1. To wince; to shrink
   • 1812 Joanna Baillie The Dream, Act 1

     It is not the first time a cat-o'-nine-tails has been across my back for other men's misdeeds. Promise me a good flask of brandy when I'm done with it, and I warrant ye I'll never winch.

2. To kick with impatience or uneasiness.

English

Etymology

From yard +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)

Noun

yarder (plural yarders)

1. (forestry) A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a system of cables and winches.
2. (in combination) Something that is a stated number of yards in some dimension.
   • 2014, Richard Gibson, "West Ham’s Enner Valencia makes mark as points are shared with Hull", The Guardian, 15 September 2014:

     His 25-yarder was sandwiched by classy finishes from Hull’s debutants Abel Hernández and Mohamed Diamé before a howler from the goalkeeper Allan McGregor resulted in a Curtis Davies own goal.

Derived terms

• grapple yarder
• mobile yarder

See also

• footer
• yarder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ardrey, Drayer, dreary, yarred