pawl

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — 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.
  2. Alternative form of paul (“kind of tent”). alt-of,alternative
  3. A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
动词 v.
  1. To stop with a pawl. transitive

词形变化

pawls plural pall alternative pawls present,singular,third-person pawling participle,present pawled participle,past pawled past pall alternative pawls plural

词汇关系

上位词
detent
衍生词
pawl bitt pawl rim

词源

17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”).
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