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Noun. 1. pulley-a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope. pulley block, pulley-block, block. block and tackle-pulley blocks with associated rope or cable.
1 Simple machines include levers, pulleys, wheels and axles, wedges, inclined planes and gears. 2  The lever was first described in about 260 BC by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes, who lived from 287-212 BC. 3  Archimedes also invented the compound pulley, which is a combination of fixed and movable pulleys.