capstan screw

English

Noun

capstan screw (plural capstan screws)

  1. (music) A type of screw commonly used to regulate the height of the action in a piano.
  2. (nautical) Mainly on sailboats, the mechanism for winding ropes under a lot of tension; a capstan.
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