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Definition of 'pawl'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
* 1994 , Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing :
- The nails in the rim of the wheel went ratcheting over the leather pawl and the wheel slowed and came to a stop and the woman turned to the crowd and smiled.
* 1910 , Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and his Motorcycle
- A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into a ratchet wheel and pushes it around, or it may be used as a catch to prevent the backward motion of a windlass or the wheel on a derrick.
Derived terms
* pawl bitt
* pawl rim
Verb
( en-verb)
To stop with a pawl.
Derived terms
* pawl the capstan
Similar to 'pawl'ppl, pull, pail, pool, phial, pal, pall, peal, pol, peel, poll, pill, pell, phal, pel, pul, phall, pial, paul, phaal
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