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pawl


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pawl  \Pawl\,  v.  t. 
  To  stop  with  a  pawl;  to  drop  the  pawls  off 
 
  {To  pawl  the  capstan}.  See  under  {Capstan}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pawl  \Pawl\,  n.  [W.  pawl  a  pole,  a  stake.  Cf  {Pole}  a  stake.] 
  (Mach.) 
  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}.  [Written  also  {paul},  or  {pall}.] 
 
  {Pawl  bitt}  (Naut.),  a  heavy  timber,  set  abaft  the  windlass, 
  to  receive  the  strain  of  the  pawls. 
 
  {Pawl  rim}  or  {ring}  (Naut.),  a  stationary  metallic  ring 
  surrounding  the  base  of  a  capstan,  having  notches  for  the 
  pawls  to  catch  in 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pawl 
  n  :  a  hinged  device  that  fits  into  a  notch  of  a  ratchet  to  move 
  a  wheel  forward  or  prevent  it  from  moving  backward  [syn: 
  {detent},  {click},  {dog}] 




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