This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[Fr.] A vertical drum revolving on an upright spindle with a drum-head, in which are sockets for bars or levers. It is used on board ship to raise weights by means of a rope, and is worked either by steam power or by men walking round pushing on levers in the sockets.
 
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