locking wheel
noun
A wheel with short notches round the edge designed so that inserting something into a notch stops the wheel from turning; (Clockmaking and Watchmaking ) a locking plate or count-wheel.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in William Derham (1657–1735), Church of England clergyman and natural philosopher.
- navelwort
- nave plate
- naveta
- navette
- navew
- navicert
- navicular
- navicular bone
- navicular disease
- navicular fossa
- navicular syndrome
- naviculoid
- Navier–Stokes equation
- naviform
- navigability
- navigable
- navigably
- navigate
- navigating officer
- navigation
- navigation act
- navigational
- navigationally
- navigational system
- navigation beacon