c 3 a 1 p 3 s 1 t 1 a 1 n 1
7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
originBorrowed into Middle English from either Old French cabestan, from Old Occitan cabestan, from cabestre (“pulley cord”) or from Spanish cabestran, both of which derive from Latin capistrum (“halter”), from capiō (“take hold of”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0