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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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