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==English==
===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}
From {{
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
# A [[machine]] [[consist]]ing of many pulleys
#: {{syn|en|block and tackle|muffle|[[hoist]]ing-[[tackle]]}}
# {{context|surgical}} A machine of many [[pulley]]s, [[formerly]] used to reduce [[dislocation]]▼
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1849|author=Adalbert|title=Travels of His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia|page=275|passage=The Bishop of Chrysopolis, his Majesty's former tutor, consecrated the foundation-stone, which was suspended from two elegant '''polyspasts'''; the Emperor himself laid it.}}
# {{context|mechanics}} A [[windlass]] with many [[pulley|pulleys]] and [[truckle]]s▼
▲# {{
====Translations====
{{trans-
====References====
* {{R:Webster 1913|polyspast}}
* Bailey, Nathan (
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aloppssty|playspots}}
{{cln|en|3-syllable words}}
{{C|en|Engineering}}
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