capstan

n.

1. 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.
2. A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder.

[Middle English, from Norman French, from Old Provençal cabestan, from cabestre, noose, from Latin capistrum, halter, probably from capere, to seize.]

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On magnetic tape drives, a motorized cylinder that traps the tape against a free-wheeling roller and moves it at a regulated speed.

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[ܒkæpstǝn]

ˈkæpstǝn n. a revolving cylinder with a vertical axis used for winding a rope or cable, powered by a motor or pushed around by levers.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gangspil

Nederlands (Dutch)
windas, bandspan- ningsregelaar

Français (French)
n. - (Naut) cabestan, (Tech) galet d'entraînement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Winde, (electr.) Tonwelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μηχ., ναυτ.) εργάτης βαρούλκου, (μποτζ)αργάτης, άξονας περιστροφής ταινίας μαγνητοφώνου

Italiano (Italian)
argano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cabrestante (m) (Náut.)

Русский (Russian)
кабестан

Español (Spanish)
n. - cabrestante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ankarspel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
绞盘, 起锚机

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 絞盤, 起錨機

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 닻 따위를 감아 올리는 장치

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 車地, キャプスタン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أداة لرفع المراسي أو الأثقال بواسطه حبل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כנן (למשיכת ספינות), מתקן למשיכת שרשרת העוגן, גלגל המסייע להעברת הסרט ברשמקול‬

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