名詞 capstan:

1. a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails

cap.stan

n.（名詞）
Nautical An apparatus used for hoisting weights, consisting of a vertical spool-shaped cylinder that is rotated manually or by machine and around which a cable is wound.
【航海】 絞盤，卷揚機：一種用于吊起重物的裝置。該裝置包括一垂直的線軸形圓筒，由人力或機器使之旋轉(zhuǎn)，在其周圍繞有鋼絲繩
A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder.
主動輪：指小型圓筒狀的驅(qū)動軸，用于在錄音機中驅(qū)動磁帶使之恒速轉(zhuǎn)動

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Norman French
源自 諾曼法語
from Old Provenôal cabestan
源自 古普羅旺斯語 cabestan
from cabestre [noose]
源自 cabestre [繩套]
from Latin capistrum [halter]
源自 拉丁語 capistrum [韁繩]
probably from capere [to seize] * see kap-
可能源自 capere [攫取] *參見 kap-