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Definition of pawl in English: pawlnoun pɔːlpɔl 1A pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only turn or move one way. Example sentencesExamples - The drive mechanism may comprise a ratchet and pawl.
- Pushing this button pushes the spring to one side, retracting the pawl from the bit opening.
- Watch out, because pawls and pawl springs can come flying out.
- Replace springs and pawls, put 10-20 drops of oil into the freehub and reassemble.
- He calls it the pawl, a proper engineering term to go with ratchet.
- 1.1 Each of a set of short bars that engage with the whelps and prevent a capstan, windlass, or winch from recoiling.
Example sentencesExamples - In the tang of a gathering sea breeze, listening to the click of pawls as winches spun, all the Machiavellian intrigue faded.
- The capstan for raising the anchor was something I hadn't seen before - like a huge rolling pin set across the ship, with wooden pawls to prevent backwards rotation.
Origin Early 17th century: perhaps from Low German and Dutch pal (related to pal 'fixed'). Rhymes all, appal (US appall), awl, Bacall, ball, bawl, befall, Bengal, brawl, call, caul, crawl, Donegal, drawl, drywall, enthral (US enthrall), fall, forestall, gall, Galle, Gaul, hall, haul, maul, miaul, miscall, Montreal, Naipaul, Nepal, orle, pall, Paul, Saul, schorl, scrawl, seawall, Senegal, shawl, small, sprawl, squall, stall, stonewall, tall, thrall, trawl, wall, waul, wherewithal, withal, yawl Definition of pawl in US English: pawlnounpôlpɔl 1A pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only turn or move one way. Example sentencesExamples - Watch out, because pawls and pawl springs can come flying out.
- Pushing this button pushes the spring to one side, retracting the pawl from the bit opening.
- He calls it the pawl, a proper engineering term to go with ratchet.
- The drive mechanism may comprise a ratchet and pawl.
- Replace springs and pawls, put 10-20 drops of oil into the freehub and reassemble.
- 1.1 Each of a set of short stout bars that engage with the whelps and prevent a capstan, windlass, or winch from recoiling.
Example sentencesExamples - The capstan for raising the anchor was something I hadn't seen before - like a huge rolling pin set across the ship, with wooden pawls to prevent backwards rotation.
- In the tang of a gathering sea breeze, listening to the click of pawls as winches spun, all the Machiavellian intrigue faded.
Origin Early 17th century: perhaps from Low German and Dutch pal (related to pal ‘fixed’). |