Spanish windlass

For parchment the 'linings' are tied in a frame by strings fastened round grooved pegs, on the same principle as a Spanish windlass....

Oh, that," said Penn, proudly, "is a Spanish windlass.

A Spanish Windlass.—To rig a Spanish Windlass take a good strand well greased in the centre.

For bending the sides a "Spanish windlass" of rope or chain was used.

The windlass may be said also to be supported or reinforced by the pawl-bitts, two powerful bitt-heads at the centre.—Spanish windlass.