cabrestante

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from Occitan cabestran; compare Spanish cabrestante. Cf. also cabresto.

Noun

cabrestante m (plural cabrestantes)

(nautical) capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)

Spanish

Noun

cabrestante m (plural cabrestantes)

(nautical) capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)

Further reading

“cabrestante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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