Lifting
Lifting , adjective
Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
Collocations (6)
Lifting bridge , a lift bridge.
Lifting jack , See 2d Jack, 5.
Lifting machine , See Health lift, under Health.
Lifting pump (Machinery) , (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.
Lifting rod , a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.
Lifting sail (Nautical) , one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.