spanner : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spanner	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spanner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spanner n a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt Synonym(s): wrench, spanner
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spanner \Span"ner\, n. 1. One who, or that which, spans. 2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself. [Obs.] 3. An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose. 4. pl. A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.