Sentence examples for the pawl from inspiring English sources
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.
The pawl kut is also a harvest festival, which takes place in December or January.
If the pawl is rotated half a turn so that its sloping side is on the left, oscillation of the arm rotates the wheel in a clockwise direction only.
The pawl Q pivots on a fixed axis and rides over the pointed teeth when the spring is being wound but prevents rotation of the wheel in a clockwise direction.
The design enables the elimination of springs and global movement of the pawl or gear that typically exist in classical ratchets.
We realize that the exact nature of the pawl of the ribosome's ratcheting motion is not known conclusively.
Formation of the bridge helix loop is proposed to act as the pawl in a ratchet-like translocation mechanism to move DNA through RNA polymerase [ 2].
Director of The Pawling Animal Clinic, Pawling, NY.
Pulling into the Pawling station, Mr. Curley might add a personal touch as he deadpans: "We're at Appalling.
He was a member of the Cruising Club of America, The Storm Trysail Club, The Pawling Mountain Club and for 30 years a member of the Fales Committee at the United States Naval Academy.
Operating at the Pawling location on a month-to-month basis, the club's fate was unclear until Mr. Ciganer found the space in Beacon, a long-vacant, onetime industrial site near a bank, a post office and an Islamic center on Main Street.
Just north of the county line in the Pawling hamlet of Holmes, the route intersects with CR 30.
