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Pulley-block   /pˈʊli-blɑk/   Listen
Pulley-block

noun
1.
A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.  Synonyms: block, pulley, pulley block.






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"Pulley-block" Quotes from Famous Books



... pulling on the free ends, rolled the log (Fig. 181) up to the top of the cabin. But when Lafe Jeems and Nate Tanner and Jimmy Rosencranz were supplied with some oxen they fastened a chain to each end of the log (Fig. 182), then fastened a pulley-block to the other side of the cabin, that is, the side opposite the skids, and ran the line through the pulley-block to the oxen as it is run to the three men in Fig. 182. When the oxen were started the log slid up the skids to the loose rafters ...
— Shelters, Shacks and Shanties • D.C. Beard



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