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Word: Pawl
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: perhaps from Low German and Dutch pal (related to pal ‘fixed’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pɔːl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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.
Short Definition:pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with teeth of cogwheel or ratchet so that wheel or ratchet
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