Definition of Lifting device

1. Noun. A device for lifting heavy loads.

Specialized synonyms: Crane, Elevator, Lift, Hoist, Winch, Windlass
Generic synonyms: Device

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lifting Device

liftable
liftback
liftbacks
lifted
lifted a finger
lifter
lifters
liftest
lifteth
liftgate
liftgates
liftin
lifting
lifting a finger
lifting agent
lifting device (current term)
lifting gas
liftings
liftman
liftmen
liftoff
liftoffs
liftover
liftovers
lifts
lifts a finger
liftshaft
lifull
lig
ligament

Literary usage of Lifting device

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"... current is small and there is no trouble with the polarity. The extra starting motor increases the cost of the equipment. 362. Brush lifting device. ..."

2. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1916)
"The gate-lifting device must usually be designed and secured to the operating platform or gate structure to exert a closing force as well as an opening ..."

3. Bush-fruits: A Horticultural Monograph of Raspberries, Blackberries by Fred Wallace Card (1898)
"The lifting device by means of which the trays are elevated in the Bush stack ... The Culver lifting device consisted of a head-block which was raised by a ..."

4. Automobile Repairshop Short-cuts: Over 1500 Time and Labor-saving Kinks by Motor World (1918)
"702) BODY lifting device When removing a limousine body, it is usual to lift- it by placing a beam between the rear doors, thus putting all the strain on ..."

5. Bush-fruits: A Horticultural Monograph of Raspberries, Blackberries by Fred Wallace Card (1898)
"The lifting device by means of which the trays are elevated in the Bush stack ... The Culver lifting device consisted of a head-block which was raised by a ..."

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