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Etymology
From Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”).
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polyspast (plural polyspasts)
- A machine consisting of many pulleys
- Synonyms: block and tackle, muffle, hoisting-tackle
1849, Adalbert, Travels of His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia, page 275:The Bishop of Chrysopolis, his Majesty's former tutor, consecrated the foundation-stone, which was suspended from two elegant polyspasts; the Emperor himself laid it.
- (surgical) A machine of many pulleys, formerly used to reduce dislocation
- (mechanics) A windlass with many pulleys and truckles
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