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trip⋅pet

[trip-it]
–noun Machinery.
a projection, cam, or the like, for striking some other part at regular intervals.

Origin:
1300–50; ME trypet. See trip 1 , -et
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trip·pet   (trĭp'ĭt)   
n.  A cam or projection in a mechanism designed to strike another part at regular intervals.

[Middle English tripet, piece of wood used in a game, from trippen, to trip; see trip.]
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