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pawl

N แกน สปริง  แกน บังคับ  kan-sa-ping

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAWL

n.[Eng. pole; L. palus. See Pole. ] Among seamen, a short bar of wood or iron fixed close to the capstan or windlass of a ship to prevent it from rolling back or giving way.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PAWL

Pawl, n. Etym: [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake. ] (Mach. )

 

Defn: 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 Pawl, v. t.

 

Defn: To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off. To pawl the capstan. See under Capstan.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pawl

pawl |pôl pɔl | noun a pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only turn or move one way. each of a set of short stout bars that engage with the whelps and prevent a capstan, windlass, or winch from recoiling. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: perhaps from Low German and Dutch pal (related to pal fixed ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

pawl

pawl |pɔːl | noun a pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only turn or move one way. each of a set of short bars that engage with the whelps and prevent a capstan, windlass, or winch from recoiling. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: perhaps from Low German and Dutch pal (related to pal fixed ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Pawlatsche

Paw lat sche Substantiv, feminin österreichisch umgangssprachlich , die |Pawl a tsche |tschechisch pavlač = offener Hausgang a offener Gang an der Hofseite eines [Wiener ] Hauses b baufälliges Haus c Bretterbühne

 

Pawlatschenhaus

Paw lat schen haus Substantiv, Neutrum österreichisch , das |Pawl a tschenhaus |Laubenganghaus

 

Pawlatschentheater

Paw lat schen the a ter Substantiv, Neutrum österreichisch , das |Pawl a tschentheater |[Vorstadt ]theater, das auf einer einfachen Bretterbühne spielt

 

Pawlow

Paw low Eigenname |P a wlow |russischer Physiologe

 

pawlowsch

paw lowsch Adjektiv |p a wlowsch |