STUFFING BOX


Meaning of STUFFING BOX in English

Mach.

a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.

Also called gland .

[ 1790-1800 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .