winch

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
winch/wɪntʃ/

▶noun

• 1 a hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope or chain winding around a horizontal rotating drum, turned by a crank or by motor.

  ■ Brit. the reel of a fishing rod.

• 2 the crank of a wheel or axle.

• 3 another term for wince2.

▶verb hoist or haul with a winch.

– derivatives
wincher noun.

– origin OE wince ‘reel, pulley’, of Gmc origin; rel. to wink.