stuffing box

noun Machinery.

a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.

Also called gland.

Origin of stuffing box

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby stuffing box

stuffed shirt, stuffer, stuff gown, stuffing, stuffing and stripping, stuffing box, stuffing nut, stuff it, stuff one's face, stuff shot, stuff the ballot box

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Example sentences from the Web for stuffing box

When the stuffing-box has been filled, place the gland in position and screw up tight.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
The stuffing-box is screwed externally, and carries a nut A B which moves the gland.
An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design|David Allan Low
Never pack the stuffing-box too tight, or you may flute the rod and spoil it.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
If there is water, stoppage may be due to air in the pump chamber, which can get in only through the stuffing-box.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson

In the cover of the cylinder attached to the tube-plate is a stuffing-box, in which the piston rod plays.
The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition)|Dionysius Lardner

British Dictionary definitions for stuffing box

stuffing box

noun

a small chamber in which an annular packing is compressed around a reciprocating or rotating rod or shaft to form a sealAlso called: packing box

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单词	stuffing box
释义	stuffing box noun Machinery. a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc. Also called gland. Origin of stuffing box First recorded in 1790–1800 Words nearby stuffing box stuffed shirt, stuffer, stuff gown, stuffing, stuffing and stripping, stuffing box, stuffing nut, stuff it, stuff one's face, stuff shot, stuff the ballot box Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stuffing box When the stuffing-box has been filled, place the gland in position and screw up tight. Farm Engines and How to Run Them\|James H. Stephenson The stuffing-box is screwed externally, and carries a nut A B which moves the gland. An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design\|David Allan Low Never pack the stuffing-box too tight, or you may flute the rod and spoil it. Farm Engines and How to Run Them\|James H. Stephenson If there is water, stoppage may be due to air in the pump chamber, which can get in only through the stuffing-box. Farm Engines and How to Run Them\|James H. Stephenson In the cover of the cylinder attached to the tube-plate is a stuffing-box, in which the piston rod plays. The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition)\|Dionysius Lardner British Dictionary definitions for stuffing box stuffing box noun a small chamber in which an annular packing is compressed around a reciprocating or rotating rod or shaft to form a sealAlso called: packing box Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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