pulley
noun/ˈpʊli/
/ˈpʊli/
- a wheel or set of wheels over which a rope or chain is pulled in order to lift or lower heavy objects
- a system of ropes and pulleys
- The scenery was moved across the stage by ropes and pulleys.
- a system of chains passing over pulleys
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French polie, probably from a medieval Greek diminutive of polos ‘pivot, axis’.Definitions on the go
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