Winch

(wĭnch), n. [A-S. wince, a winch, a reel to wind thread upon.]

1. A lever having a projecting handle at one end, and the other end fixed to an axle of a machine for giving motion to it, as in the grindstone, windlass, and the like.
2. An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly; a crank-handle.
3. An axle turned by a crank-handle, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, and the like; a windlass.
4. A winching-machine.