A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights
A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
To raise with, or as if with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.