Definition of "winch" []

• A stationary motor-driven or hand-powered machine used for hoisting or hauling, having a drum around which is wound a rope or chain attached to the load being moved. (noun)
• The crank used to give motion to a grindstone or similar device. (noun)
• To move with or as if with a winch. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "* Disconnect the remote control when the winch is not in use."
• "Reduced to essentials, an electric winch is a motorized drum that unspools and spools a length of heavy-duty wire rope."
• "A winch is an absolute must, a missionary friend of mine uses an atv to hunt and he says he uses his winch almost every time he goes out."