What does "hoist" mean?
Hoist: That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
Additional senses
- 2.The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.]
- 3.(fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. Totten. Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.
- 4.Hoisted. [Obs.] 'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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