sprag
IPA: sprˈæg
noun
- A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or constructed unit used as a prop.
- A young salmon.
verb
- (transitive) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep slope, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
- (transitive) To prop or sustain with a sprag.
adjective
- Alternative form of sprack [(UK, dialectal) lively, full of energy]
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Examples of "sprag" in Sentences
- A sprag clutch is a one way freewheel clutch.
- Sprag clutches may be oil or grease lubricated.
- But I'll put a sprag in your wheel afore you gang far.
- The bike was also first to utilize a Sprag one way clutch.
- The bike was also the first to utilize a Sprag one way clutch.
- On conveyor drives, a sprag clutch is used for indexing and anti runback.
- The invention relates to mine working apparatus including a sprag plate 21.
- A link is installed between the prime mover and one race of the sprag clutch.
- A backstop and standby drive coupling using a sprag type clutch is disclosed.
- For all that, it's a sheer impossibility that you should guess who put a sprag in the wheel of Hilton's chariot.
- [But the] epitaphs were trim and sprag & patent, & pleased the survivors of Thames Ditton above the old mumpsimus of
- Du Toit: "Was it safe not to put the aeroplane sprag and the farm gate safety devices back in place before knocking off?"
- But the epitaphs were trim, and sprag, and potent, and pleased the survivors of Thames-Ditton above the old Mumpsimus of 'Afflictions
- BorgWarner produces transmission components, including friction plates and sprag one-way clutch assemblies, for the optional six-speed automatic transmission.
- The 'Silesian' method includes a "soldier sprag" brace wedged between the props underneath the roof bar to reinforce the props against lateral compressive forces.
- As the huge pendulum below the Clock rocks the Chronophage as he steps round the great escapewheel, each backward and forward movement is used by sprag clutches to wind up the drive spring.
- A new worker's attempts to "sprag," or stop the wheels, the cars with a piece of wood was in vain and the three loaded cars plummeted down the shaft and crashed into the descending elevator, Wolensky and Hastie said.