Pawled vs Palled - What's the difference?
pawled | palled |
(pawl)
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 :
* 1910 , Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and his Motorcycle
As verbs the difference between pawled and palled
is that pawled is (pawl) while palled is (pall) or palled can be (pal).pawled
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*pawl
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(en noun)- 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.
- 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.
