trispast

From Ancient Greek τρῐ́σπαστος (trĭ́spastos, “drawn threefold”).

trispast (plural trispasts)

1. A machine with three pulleys which act together to raise great weights.

   Synonym: trispaston

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• patrists

trispast

1. past participle of trespassen

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• “trispast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.