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Definition of Lock washer
1. Noun. Washer that prevents a nut from loosening.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lock Washer
Literary usage of Lock washer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"One ef the lugs on the lock-washer will be found bent over, holding the lock nut
from turning. Straighten out this log, and take off adjusting lock nut, ..."
2. The Horseless Age (1909)
"This construction is not so frequently used in automobile practice as the cotter
locked castle nut or the spring lock washer. It is not generally regarded ..."
3. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1913)
"After compression to flat, reaction shall be sufficient to indicate necessary
spring power, and on a subsequent compression to flat, the lock washer shall ..."
4. The Second Power Kink Book: A Collection of Short Articles from Power in (1918)
"Fig. 2 shows the screwdriver attachment in place ready for use. A SUCCESSFUL LOCK
WASHER There are many devices for holding a nut or capscrew in place, ..."
5. Handbook for Machine Designers and Draftsmen by Frederick Arthur Halsey (1913)
"After compression to flat, reaction shall be sufficient to indicate necessary
spring power, and on a subsequent compression to flat the lock washer shall ..."
6. Automobile Repairshop Short-cuts: Over 1500 Time and Labor-saving Kinks by Motor World (1918)
"30) When a lock washer or spring washer is not available a nut often can be kept
from turning or backing off by the use of a square washer with one corner ..."