pawl

pawl

pawl

P0025200 (pôl)n. A hinged or pivoted device adapted to fit into a notch of a ratchet wheel to impart forward motion or prevent backward motion.

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[Perhaps variant of pale or pole, or from French pal (from Old French; see pale¹).]

pawl

(pɔːl) n (Mechanical Engineering) a pivoted lever shaped to engage with a ratchet wheel to prevent motion in a particular direction[C17: perhaps from Dutch pal pawl]

pawl

(pɔl)

n. a pivoted bar adapted to engage with the teeth of a wheel so as to prevent movement or to impart motion. [1620–30; < Dutch pal ratchet]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pawl - a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backwarddetent, click, dogcatch, stop - a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"rachet, ratch, ratchet - mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction

Translations

cricchetto