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Pawl vs Pawa - What's the difference?

pawl | pawa |

As nouns the difference between pawl and pawa

is that pawl is a pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (eg on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction while pawa is (new zealand) an edible univalve mollusc of the genus haliotis , having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

As a verb pawl

is to stop with a pawl.

pawl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
  • * 1994 , Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing :
    • The nails in the rim of the wheel went ratcheting over the leather pawl and the wheel slowed and came to a stop and the woman turned to the crowd and smiled.
  • * 1910 , Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and his Motorcycle
    • A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into a ratchet wheel and pushes it around, or it may be used as a catch to prevent the backward motion of a windlass or the wheel on a derrick.

    Derived terms

    * pawl bitt * pawl rim

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stop with a pawl.

    • Derived terms

    * pawl the capstan

    pawa

    English

    Noun

  • (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis , having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
  • * 1912, (Katherine Mansfield), The Woman at the Store , from "Selected Short Stories"
    • One little patch was divided off by pawa shells [...].

    Synonyms

    * (New Zealand) * abalone (qualifier) * ear-shell (UK), * ormer (Guernsey) * perlemoen (South Africa)