Pulley

Etymology
From polley:, pullie:, from  poulie:, polie:, (compare  polea:, polegia:, polegium:;  puleye:), of  origin, from or related to  pulen:,  pullian:. More at.

Noun

 * 1) One of the simple machines; a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain will lift an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian: čekrk
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 * Finnish: väkipyörä
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 * Japanese: (kassha)
 * Papiamentu: katròl
 * Portuguese: roldana
 * Romanian: scripete
 * Russian:, шкив
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