Definitions for sprag

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Spelling: [sprag]

IPA: /spræg/

Sprag is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in sprag (agprs).

Definitions for sprag

noun

1. a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
2. Mining. a short timber for propping up loose walls or spacing two sets.
3. a young cod.

verb (used with object)

1. to prop, support, or immobilize (a vehicle) by means of a sprag.

verb (used without object)

1. to slow a vehicle by means of a sprag or, sometimes, by bracing the feet against the ground.

Origin of sprag

1835-45; special use of dial. sprag twig (Old English spræcg shoot, slip); akin to sprig

Examples for sprag

Conclusion; with a testimonial of commodore sprag in behalf of the assembly.

For all that, it's a sheer impossibility that you should guess who put a sprag in the wheel of Hilton's chariot.

sprag, sprag, n. a piece of wood used to lock a wheel: a punch-prop in mining.

Next instant (to make quite sure) I jumped out, ran to the front, and lowered the sprag.