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pawl
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[pɔːl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only turn or move one way
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Origin
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early 17th century: perhaps from Low German and Dutch pal (related to pal ‘fixed’)
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