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Pawl   Listen
noun
Pawl  n.  (Written also paul, or pall)  (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.
Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass, to receive the strain of the pawls.
Pawl rim or Pawl ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the pawls to catch in.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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