Definition of hoist

i. The windlass mechanism incorporated as an integral part of a power-driven drilling machine used to handle, hoist, and lower drill-string equipment, casing, pipe, etc., while drilling, or to snake the drill from place to place.

Ref: Long

ii. The act or process of lifting drill string, casing, or pipe out of a borehole.

Ref: Long

iii. A power-driven windlass for raising ore, rock, or other material from a mine and for lowering or raising people and material. Also called hoister.


Synonym of: mine hoist

iv. The mechanism by which a bucket or blade is lifted, or the process of lifting it.

Ref: Nichols, 1

v. A drum on which hoisting rope is wound in the engine house, as the cage or skip is raised in the hoisting shaft.

Ref: Pryor, 3

vi. An engine with a drum, used for winding up a load from a shaft.


See Also: winding engine

vii. The amount of ore, coal, etc., hoisted during a shift.

Ref: Fay

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See: draw works, elevator