"Pulley block" Quotes from Famous Books
... after hurriedly dressing, I went on deck, to find out that the noises I had been hearing were caused by the men making fast some tackle to our boat, ropes being passed through a pulley block at the end of a swinging boom, and when they were ready the mate gave orders. Then the men began to haul, and as the ropes tightened the heavy boat was lifted out of the chocks in which she lay, and ... — Through Forest and Stream - The Quest of the Quetzal • George Manville Fenn |