Pawl vs. Ratchet
Pawlnoun
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
Pawlnoun
A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
Pawlverb
(transitive) To stop with a pawl.
Pawlnoun
A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel.
Pawlverb
To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
Pawlnoun
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Pawl
A pawl is a mechanical component that engages with another component to prevent movement in one direction, or prevent movement altogether. It is a type of latch.
Ratchetnoun
A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
Ratchetnoun
A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
Ratchetnoun
A ratchet wrench.
Ratchetnoun
(by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
Ratchetnoun
A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear. See gragger, raganella.
Ratchetverb
(transitive) To cause to become incremented or decremented.
Ratchetverb
(intransitive) To increment or decrement.
Ratchetadjective
Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.
Ratchetnoun
A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
Ratchetnoun
A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.
Ratchetnoun
mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
Ratchetverb
move by degrees in one direction only;
