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pawl
[pawl] 
–noun
| 1. | a pivoted bar adapted to engage with the teeth of a ratchet wheel or the like so as to prevent movement or to impart motion. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to check or hold with a pawl. |
Origin:
1620–30; < D pal ratchet
1620–30; < D pal ratchet
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| pawl (pôl) n. A hinged or pivoted device adapted to fit into a notch of a ratchet wheel to impart forward motion or prevent backward motion. [Probably from Dutch pal, from Latin pālus, stake; see pag- in Indo-European roots.] |
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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.Pawl
Pawl\, v. t. To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off. To pawl the capstan. See under Capstan.
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