OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2666

hoist

/hɔɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aparejo • cabria • polispasto
The act of hoisting; a lift.
Give me a hoist over that wall.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 2665

hoist

/hɔɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
izar
To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.
[Abasalom's] ambition would needs be fingering the sceptre, and hoisting him into his father's throne