The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word WINDLASS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1969.
Apparatus for hoisting crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WINDLASS | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Apparatus for hoisting
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crane
- winch
- elevator
- hoist
- teagle
- capstan
- column
- whip
- dall
- derrick
- fall
- falls
Crossword Answer definitions
WINDLASS noun- Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
- A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
- An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
- To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
- To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
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