So we had to have a pulley system where he was lowered on cables.
Bullock died while attempting to fix one of the presses in 1867: After it became stuck, he tried to kick a belt onto a pulley.
The pulley tied at the base of the derrick jumped up and after it the windlass, which struck the heavy posts like a battering-ram.
The Dear Me was not anchored, but moored to the pier by a pulley and tackle.
In this immense machine all is wheel, pulley, cord, or spring.
Zittelhof was just leavin', havin' got in his pulley things to lower 'em.
The cone keys for securing the pulley to the shaft were described on p. 23.
In the drawing (A) is the shaft, with a pulley (A), which turns in the direction of the arrow (B).
A reference to the various figures will show the best position for the pulley.
It is drawn up and let down by a cord passing over a pulley.
late 13c., from Old French polie, pulie "pulley, windlass" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin poliva, puliva, probably from Medieval Greek *polidia, plural of *polidion "little pivot," diminutive of Greek polos "pivot, axis" (see pole (n.2)). As a verb from 1590s.
A machine consisting of a wheel over which a pulled rope or chain runs to change the direction of the pull used for lifting a load. Combinations of two or more pulleys working together reduce the force needed to lift a load. See also block and tackle.