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