windlass handle

They strained at the windlass handles until their eyes popped.

All the counterweight really did was to store up the power the men had put into heaving on the windlass handles.

O'Hara put his foot in the stirrup and cranked the windlass handle.

A kite lifted into the air, caught the wind, began to recede into the sky as the windlass handles span.

Consequentially, many Aboriginal people were injured or died while trying to access the water, either falling in and drowning or breaking bones on the windlass handle.