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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pawl #107542 07/13/2003 8:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The crew is working to raise the anchor: "Yo heave ho! Heave and pawl! Heave hearty ho!” The capstan windlass has a ratchet that prevents anchor from going down between efforts. The pawl can ride up and over the slanting part of the teeth of the ratchet, and then drop down and engage on vertical part of a tooth. pawl n. 5akin ? to Du pal, pawl, stake, pole6 a mechanical device allowing rotation in only one direction: one type consists of a hinged tongue, the tip of which engages the notches of a ratchet wheel, preventing backward motion: see RATCHET, illus. Here's a diagram: http://www.btinternet.com/~ajb.software/techweb/epscweb/mech1.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pawl #107543 07/13/2003 9:52 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park mav's comment in the ROVE thread*, has me wonder if i have been hearing a mondegreen, in the sea shanty, Heave away, haul (or is it pawl?) away, We're bound for South Australia! *The word he quotes in that thread are close to versions i have heard... i know lines or two from hundreds of folk songs and shanties i have heard over the year.. when it comes to drinking songs, i usually know all of the words! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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