Definitions
1.nounAny of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
2.nounA winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
3.nounAn apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
4.verbTo raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
5.verbTo take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.