trispast
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τρῐ́σπαστος (tríspastos, “drawn threefold”).
Noun edit
trispast (plural trispasts)
- A machine with three pulleys which act together to raise great weights.
- Synonym: trispaston
References edit
- “trispast”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Verb edit
trispast
- past participle of trespassen
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References edit
- “trispast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.