Definitions for clevis

clevis clev·is

Spelling: [klev-is]
IPA: /ˈklɛv ɪs/

Clevis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in clevis (ceilsv).

Definitions for clevis

noun

  1. a U -shaped yoke at the end of a chain or rod, between the ends of which a lever, hook, etc., can be pinned or bolted.

Origin of clevis

First recorded in 1585-95; akin to cleave2

Examples for clevis

The clevis is also used on some plows to regulate the width of the furrow.

Then he started back toward the boat, after picking up a clevis which it seems the driver-boy had dropped.

Cast-iron fronts usually have a projection in the center for the clevis hitch.

The battle was fought on the line of the cross-bar and in the triangle between it and the clevis.

clevis—that part of a plow by which the drawing power is attached.

His arms were manacled with strong loops round his wrists, resembling a clevis, connected by a strong iron bolt.

But Irish Fallon reached for him as he fumbled at the clevis.

With this clevis a loop can be made around any small log or tree without the trouble of cutting to fit the ring.

On some plows there are only notches in the clevis for holding the ring, they answer the same purpose as holes.

"The clevis is rather small, but it's the strongest I could find," Kenwyne said.

Word Value for clevis
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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