Pawl
[pɔːl] or [pɔl]
Definition
(noun.) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
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Definition
(n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel.
(v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Click, detent, catch, ratchet.
Typed by Angelo
Definition
n. a short bar lying against a toothed wheel to prevent a windlass &c. from running back: a catch or click.—v.t. to stop by means of a pawl.
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Examples
- One was used in connection with the propelling lever, which was provided with a pawl to fit into the teeth of the reversed ratchet wheel on its forward movement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It printed upon a sheet of paper supported on a roller, carried in a sliding frame worked by a ratchet and pawl. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The paper feed is shown at the end of the press-lever, and consists of a push dog, or pawl, which operates to urge the paper forward as the press-lever descends. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After loading the pawls are tripped, and the greater gravity of the counterweight raises the gun to firing position again. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Finger pawls, working into ratchets at the ends of the roller, serve to rotate it after each line is printed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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