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geared, ppl. a.|gɪəd|
[f. gear n. and v. + -ed.]
†1. Equipped; armed. Obs.
c1470Henry Wallace v. 806 Twa hundreth haill off weill gerit Inglismen.
†2. Provided with gear; ? with handles or other appendages. Obs.
1588Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1860) 329, vj geared yockes 4s., iiij yockes, vngeared, 16d., v geard forkes 20d., ij forkes, ungeared, 6d.
3. a. Machinery. Connected with the motor by gearing.
1868Gainsborough News 27 June (N.W. Linc. Gloss.), Six double-geared slide and break lathes. 1881Eng. Mech. 27 May 1/2 Back Geared Lathe, 4½ in. centres, bed 3 ft. 6 in. long; per set {pstlg}2 5s. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Geared Brace, a boring tool in which the drill or bit is rotated by hand crank and bevel gear. Ibid., Geared Locomotive, a locomotive in which the motion of the engine is conveyed by gearing to the travelling wheels. 1895Earl Albemarle & Hillier Cycling xii. 303 The Geared Ordinary. This, a relatively new type, has not secured that measure of success which its friends hoped for it.
b. Finance. Of a company or its capital (see gearing vbl. n. 3 b).
1930Economist 25 Oct. 768/2 Ordinary stocks..by reason of the ‘high geared’ capital structure of the companies..must always bear the jolts and jars of trade fluctuations. 1940Ibid. 6 July 14/1 The relatively high income thus secured was indispensable for paying generous debenture interest and preference dividends on a highly geared paid-up capital. 1965[see gearing vbl. n. 3 b]. |