pawl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pawl	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pawl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pawl n a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward Synonym(s): pawl, detent, click, dog
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pawl \Pawl\, v. t. To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off. {To pawl the capstan}. See under {Capstan}.