💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rolling block"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| wheellocknoun | (historical, firearms) An early type of firearm, using a spring-driven wheel against a flint to make sparks in the firing pan. |
| running blocknoun | A block in an arrangement of pulleys. |
| retractornoun | A surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound. |
| lockworknoun | (firearms) The assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun. |
| armstrong gunnoun | An early type of wrought iron breechloading cannon where the breech is sealed by screwing the rear breech face tightly against the rear end of the barrel. |
| rollernoun | (heading) Anything that rolls. |
| racknoun | A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other. |
| smoothborenoun | (firearms) A cannon, gun or other firearm that has an unrifled barrel. |
| ball clickernoun | A mechanism that uses ball bearings which fall into an indentation to create a clicking noise when an adjustment knob is turned to a correct position. |
| rollnoun | The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled. |
| gaining twistnoun | (firearms) In rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle. |
| deadboltnoun | A kind of lock in which the bolt (moving portion) is held in position by the cylinder rather than by a spring and so cannot be retracted except by turning the cylinder. |
| brake blocknoun | (on a bicycle) One of two small blocks fitted to a brake caliper, which rub on the wheel rim when the brake is applied. |
| riflingnoun | (military) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. |
| ballracenoun | A friction-reducing device consisting of a ring containing freely-revolving ball bearings |
| wrest-blocknoun | Alternative form of wrest block. [(music) A wooden block in the pianoforte, often made of several pieces, into which the wrest-pins are driven.] |
| rolleronnoun | (aviation) An aerodynamic control surface device, used to control against unwanted rolling (rotation) about the axis of movement. The moving wingtip is self-gyro-stabilized with a rolling bladed wheel catching the airstream, providing the gyroscopic moment. |
| cranequinnoun | A device used to arm a crossbow by cranking a gear. |
| roller bednoun | A lorry deck fitted with rollers to facilitate loading and unloading, often of pallets and aircraft cargo containers. |
| liner locknoun | (metonymic) A knife or other tool with such a lock. |
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