trispastn.
/ˈtrɪspast/ rare.
An (ancient) apparatus with three pulleys for hoisting heavy weights.
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Trispast (Gr.), an Engine that consists of three Pulleys.
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Trispast, in mechanics, a machine with three pulleys, or an assemblage of three pulleys for raising of great weights.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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