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hoist-
in combination: hoistaway (U.S.), a mechanical lift or elevator; hoist-bridge (see quot.); hoist-door (see quot.); hoist-hole, an opening through which things are hoisted; hoist-man (see quot.); hoist-rope, a rope by which a sail, goods, etc. are hoisted; hoist-way (U.S.) = hoist-hole, the shaft of a lift or elevator.
1881Worcester Suppl., Elevator, a mechanical contrivance for raising persons and goods from the lower story of a building to the higher stories..called also lift and *hoist⁓away.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., *Hoist-bridge, a form of drawbridge, in which the leaf or platform is raised.
1881Harper's Mag. Mar. 528/1 In the middle of the hall was the ‘*hoist-door’, through which the wheat was hoisted up by a crane and stored in the loft.
1892Labour Commission Gloss., *Hoist Men, men attending the hydraulic cranes or steam winches used for hoisting the cargo from deck to quay..men..engaged in looking after the hoists or lifts in the yard.
1794Rigging & Seamanship I. 128 The *hoist-rope is put through the holes in the head⁓stick. 1896Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 5/1 Twelve sorters slid down a hoist rope through the flames. |