implementpulley, winch, mechanical device consisting of a wheel or axle with a cable or rope passing round it, used for raising or lowering weights:
(
s.xiiex;
MS: c.1200
)
troclea dicitur 'pulie' romanice, per quam facilius corda labitur
Gloss Sidon 145.115
(
1294-95
)
Ad extrahendum le palley et le fraunt topp
TNA E101/5/8
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ship.implementpulley for hoisting or hauling ropes:
(
1347-59
)
En quatre trossepoleiges, quatre poleiges pur stetyngez et quatre ysepoleigez deliverez al cogg Johan [...]
Sandahl Sea iii 147
(
1419-22
) .j. copull de pendantz pro les pollances, .ij. haliers, .iiij. pulleys, .ij. knyghtes cum .iiij. shivers
Sandahl Sea i 72
poleige (s.xiiex)