noun a pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, ·etc.
2. ratchet ·noun a mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. ·see ratchet wheel, below, and 2d ratch.
noun a pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, ·etc.
2. ratchet ·noun a mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. ·see ratchet wheel, below, and 2d ratch.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012