pulley
/ˈpʊli/
noun2
- One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
- These pulleys […] placed collaterally. — 1648
verb1
forms
pulleyed · pulleying · pulleys · pullies