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Trispast
TRIS'PAST
Definition
2024
trispast
trispast
English
Noun
trispast
(
plural
trispasts
)
A
machine
with
three
pulleys
which act together to raise great
weights
.
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Synonyms
trispaston
Etymology
From
Ancient Greek
τρῐ́σπαστος
(
tríspastos
,
“
drawn threefold
”
)
.
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