yard donkey vs windlass

yard donkey and windlass both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yard donkey	Yes	No	No	No
windlass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, windlass is a hypernym of yard donkey; that is, windlass is a word with a broader meaning than yard donkey:

yard donkey: a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
windlass: lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

Other hypernyms of yard donkey include winch.

yard donkey (noun)	windlass (noun)
a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road	lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds