Définitions
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.