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Definition of Sprag
1. Noun. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
2. Noun. A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine.
Definition of Sprag
1. n. A young salmon.
2. n. A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
3. v. t. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
4. a. See Sprack,
Definition of Sprag
1. a device used to prevent a vehicle from rolling backward [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sprag
1.
A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
See: Spray a branch.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprag
Literary usage of Sprag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horseless Age (1904)
"THE HORSELESS AGE -RATCHET sprag. Occasion for the use of a sprag results usually
from the failure of the operator to "catch" a gear in shifting from one to ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"6Я NJL 331, 55 Atl. 242, an employee who placed a "sprag" or wedge-shaped piece
of oak wood on the track in front of a car to *top it, as was customary, ..."
3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1904)
"The opinion of the court in this se rests upon an assumption which I think is
unwarranted that the exposed surfaces of the sprag presented no indi- tions of ..."
4. Luzerne Legal Register Reports by Pennsylvania, Courts (1919)
"The plaintiff's right to recover depends upon the correctness of the theory that
this second car ran away, either because a worn-out sprag had broken or was ..."
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