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Definition of Locknut
1. Noun. Supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening.
Definition of Locknut
1. Noun. A second nut, screwed down onto another in order to prevent it slipping ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Locknut
1. a nut which keeps another from loosening [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Locknut
Literary usage of Locknut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"Instead of a locknut, a flat-headed screw is used at the front end, ... By means
of this screw and the locknut at the back, the blades may be forced ..."
2. Automobile Driving Self-taught: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Operation by Thomas Herbert Russell (1909)
"At one end will be found a locknut, and on the same screw a cone. When the locknut
is released the cone may be screwed along the spindle ..."
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