pawl
Meaning of pawl
noun
- A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
- A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
verb
To stop with a pawl.
Information about pawl
- The plural form of pawl is: pawls.
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Hyphenation of pawl
pawl
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- pawl is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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