Definitions for pawls

pawls pawl

Spelling: [pawl]
IPA: /pɔl/

Pawls is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in pawls (alpsw).

Definitions for pawls

noun

  1. a pivoted bar adapted to engage with the teeth of a ratchet wheel or the like so as to prevent movement or to impart motion.

verb (used with object)

  1. to check or hold with a pawl.

Origin of pawls

First recorded in 1620-30, pawl is from the Dutch word pal ratchet

Examples for pawls

With a monkey-wrench he removed the two big wheels of the lawn-mower and reversed the pawl in the cogs.

An' this ratchet-wheel isn't on the pawl prop'ly—not like what this book says it ought to be.

When the tympanum vibrates under the influence of the voice, the stylus acts as a pawl and turns a ratchet-wheel.

The ratchet wheel and pawl shown in fig. 48 are part of the lubricator.

The first pull of the chain turns on the gas through a four-way gas-cock, governed by a ratchet-wheel and pawl.

A pawl or tongue one end of which engages in notches in a rack or wheel.

Plenty of oil should be kept on the circle of teeth in which the pawl engages in revolving the cylinder.

The capstan is prevented from turning back by a pawl attached to its lower part and working in a circular ratchet on the base.

The capstan is prevented from turning back by a pawl attached to its lower part, working in a circular ratchet on the base.

As the wheel turns this arm will move as a pawl does on a ratchet.

Word Value for pawls
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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