hoists in English

noun

1

an act of raising or lifting something.

Instead, Dick persuaded Fritz to sail to the next platform and ask the crane driver to give them a hoist into the water.

2

the part of a flag nearest the staff; the vertical dimension of a flag.

Visibility was always the main drawback to this medium, accentuated when steam propulsion permitted ships to ignore wind direction so that flag hoists might be end-on to those supposed to read them.

3

a group of flags raised as a signal.

In addition, flag hoists and flashing light signals were sent to try and get the ship to halt.

verb

1

raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.

high overhead great cranes hoisted girders

synonyms: raise, raise up, lift, haul up, heave up, jack up, hike up, winch up, pull up, heft up, upraise, uplift, elevate, erect

noun

• lifting gear, crane, winch, block and tackle, pulley, windlass, derrick, sheerlegs

verb

• raise, raise up, lift, lift, haul up, heave up, jack up, hike up, winch up, pull up, heft up, upraise, uplift, elevate, erect
• wind, lift
• run up

Use "hoists" in a sentence

1. Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacks:

2. Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacks

3. Mechanical hoists and Loaders

4. Stacker cranes and hoists

5. Builders’ hoists for goods — Part 2: Inclined hoists with non-accessible load carrying devices

6. Hoists, Aerial Tramways and Derricks

7. Parts of pulley tackles and hoists (other than skip hoists), winches, capstans and jacks, n.e.s.

8. AB Chance Capstan Hoists and My-Te Capstan Hoists are portable hoists that move heavyweight utility poles, pull wheeled equipment over obstacles, raise transformers, assist in cell tower construction, hoist heavy insulators, and pull cable or rope.

9. Sam understands tacitly . He hoists his cup saying.

10. Builders hoists for persons and materials with vertically guided cages

11. Capstan hoists have revolutionized the art of lifting and rigging

12. He hoists a light wooden plow to his shoulder and heads for his field.

13. Every crane system from STAHL is equipped with original STAHL CraneSystems hoists.

14. The warehouses are built of stone and have wooden beam hoists on the gable walls.

15. A third, operating the crane, which commands the entire foundry floor, hoists the ladle.

16. Welcome Chester Hoists specializes in matching the exact product to satisfy specific job needs

17. 7 His spindly arms grab on to the statue, and he hoists himself up higher.

18. Mine hoists are usually operated by the counterbalance of an ascending and a descending car.

19. Commercial lifting Apparatuses include cranes, chains, hoists and forklifts that can be purchased from a manufacturer

20. All of the aforementioned goods except (electrical) chains and chain hoists, drive chains and chain accessories

21. Renold Couplings drives industry the world over, from marine, cranes and hoists to manufacture, mass transportation and the pulp and paper industry

22. Our lines of AB Chance and My-Te Capstan hoists are portable and easily fit into hard to access job sites.

23. ‘We exchanged handmade Valentines and flew heart Burgees fashioned from old sails, scraps of red cloth and old jacklines for the hoists.’

24. Machines and machine tools, in particular vehicle lifting platforms, lifting jacks, engine hoists, tyre balancing machines, wheel mounting machines, machines for track adjustment

25. AC/DC motor controllers that are used to manage the power, power conversion, movement, and functions of industrial hoists, elevators and other industrial motors

26. Admiral Jellicoe's investigation blamed the loss of the ships on faulty cordite handling procedures that allowed fires in the turrets or hoists to reach the ships' magazines.

27. additional hoists and slewing gear units and adaptation of the roller bearing slew ring and rope pulleys to the requirements of bulk handling under extreme conditions.

28. Our company is a broad line distributor of Material Handling Equipment such as Benches, Bins, Conveyors, Hoists, Lift Tables, Lockers, Shelving, Trash Receptacles and Winches

29. Lifting apparatus, in particular with work platforms, including aerial work platforms, pallet handling apparatus, cranes for factory use, hoists, pulleys, loading bridges, the aforesaid goods with motorised drive mechanisms

30. Crouse-Hinds series D2X hazardous area Attachable pendant pushbutton stations are used in Class I, Division 2 areas for safe, multi-function motor circuit control of hoists, cranes, machine tools and electromagnets

31. From low headroom manual hoists for military applications to spark-resistant hoist/trolley combinations for use on offshore oil platforms, Chester Hoist has the expertise to design products to get the job done.

32. Mechanical and hydraulic hoists in the form of hydraulic lifting jacks and hydraulic garage jacks, mechanical and hydraulic workshop equipment for lifting, pressing and pulling, mechanically adjustable supporting frames, hydraulic industrial presses, hydraulic 2-column and 4-column lifting platforms for passenger vehicles and lorries, workshop cranes with hydraulic travelling mechanisms, hydraulic and pneumatic lifting platforms for motorcycles and passenger vehicles, spark plugs

33. Rotary table drilling rigs, core drilling rigs, well drilling rigs, pole drilling rigs, shaft drilling rigs, large-hole drilling rigs, blast-hole drilling rigs, investigation drilling rigs, injection drilling rigs, anchor drilling rigs, airlift drilling rigs and jet drilling rigs, equipment and apparatus for pile foundation, rotary drilling installations, predominantly consisting of drilling towers, hoists, countershafts, motorised drives, for drilling on land and at sea