gear lever


nounBritish.

Origin of gear lever

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use gear lever in a sentence

  • His fingers dropped down to the gear lever, his foot snuggled against the clutch pedal.

    Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower
  • Then, twitching his hat down lower than ever, he released his clutch and slid downward his gear-lever.

    Danger! and Other Stories | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • If it had been the old car I should have jammed the gear-lever into the reverse, and seen what would happen.

    Danger! and Other Stories | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • With a swift, decided movement Kirkwood thrust over the releasing-gear lever.

    Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. | Percy F. Westerman
  • Bud heard the second man get in and shut the door, and he jerked the gear lever into low.

    Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for gear lever

gear lever

US and Canadian gearshift

/ (ˈɡɪəˌʃɪft) /


noun
  1. a lever used to move gearwheels relative to each other, esp in a motor vehicle

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