A simple fastening or coupling device made so that the object fastened to it can turn freely upon it, or so that each half of the swivel itself can…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg > on which anything turns (16) swivel1307 A simple fastening or coupling device made so that the object fastened to it can turn freely upon it, or so that each half of the swivel itself can… pivot1398 A short shaft or pin, usually of metal and pointed, forming the centre on which a mechanism turns or oscillates, as the pin of a hinge, or the… gudgeon1496 The ring or ‘eye’ in the ‘heel’ of a gate which turns on the hook or pintle in the gatepost. turning-pin1591 = turn-pin n. (a) at turn-, comb._form affix; also attrib. tampion1611 (See quot. 1611) Obsolete. rare. trunniona1625 Each of a pair of opposite gudgeons on the sides of a cannon, upon which it is pivoted upon its carriage. (Disused in large modern guns.) pole1633 A peg or axle on which something turns. Also figurative. Obsolete. swipple1691 apparently A swivel. Obsolete. spill1731 A pin or slender rod upon which anything turns; a spindle. millier1778 An iron pivot on which a gate or a frame for washing ore turns. turn-pin1862 (a) a pin that turns, or on which something turns; a pivot; (b) a conical plug for stopping or enlarging the end of a pipe. hinge-pin1881 a pin or pintle which fastens together the parts of a hinge. Subcategories:— that which turns on (3) — act of (1) |
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