The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WINCH which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2019.
Hoisting device crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WINCH | 58 % | 5 |
| CRANE | 25 % | 5 |
| PETARD | 8 % | 6 |
| SLING | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hoisting device
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crane
- derrick
- pulley
- rig
- boom
- dermatologic
- counterweight
- gin
- rim
- gantry
- phaseolus
- trice
Crossword Answer definitions
WINCH noun- A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.
- A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).
- A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
- A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
- To use a winch
- To wince; to shrink
- To kick with impatience or uneasiness.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result WINCH
- Hoisting device
- Anchor attachment
- It can give you a lift
- Cranking device
- Hoisting machine
- Stage-set mover
- A windlass.
- Windlass.
- Hoisting device.
- Machine for hauling.
More clues leading to the result CRANE
- Hoisting machine
- Large wading bird
- Wrecking-ball swinger
- Wading bird
- Frasier's last name
- Construction-site sight
- Wetlands whooper
- Classic origami piece
- Poet Hart __
- Egg-layer that whoops?
More clues leading to the result PETARD
- Old gate-crashing bomb
- Kind of firecracker
- Hoist by one's own ___
- Explosive device used to break through walls
- Hoisting device?
- Old explosive device
- Old demolition weapon
- Early form of land mine.
- Hoist by his own ___.
- "Hoist with his own ___."