[f. WINDLASS sb.1] trans. To hoist or haul with a windlass. Hence Windlassing vbl. sb.2
1834. Maria Edgeworth, Helen, xiv. None of our windlassing will ever bring her [sc. the truth] up.
1870. Daily News, 20 Jan., 3/4. He was hauled into the barn and windlassed clear of the floor.
1897. Kipling, Captains Courageous, ix. 203. As though the words were being windlassed out of him.
