Pulley /(?)/
Pul·ley
Pulley
n.
pl. Pulleys
- A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain. (Mach.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Band pulley
- a pulley with a broad face for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for guiding a belt.
- Cone pulley
- See Cone pulley.
- Conical pulley
- one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities.
- Fast pulley
- a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft.
- Loose pulley
- a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the transmission of motion in machinery. See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast.
- Parting pulley
- a belt pulley made in semicircular halves, which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal from, a shaft.
- Pulley block
- Same as Block, n., 6.
- Pulley stile
- the upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides.
- Split pulley
- a parting pulley.
Pulley
v. t.
- To raise or lift by means of a pulley. [R.]