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(n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Capstan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/capstan.html. 1828.
 
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