cotter
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9.9
- noun
- Specialized
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- Improve the parts individually, one available at a time, being careful to successfully retain all the parts you will likely need to put everything back together, including all bolts, bearings, and cotter pins.
- cotter pin
Examples
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Sleeved half-tapered cotters retain the valve springs on the valve; upon removal of these, the valves and seats can be examined and any necessary attention given by grinding or cutting to obtain an efficient seating.
Blog text (14) -
To secure the wheel, you'll need to insert a cotter pin through the designated hole.
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- It's a cotter pin.
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- Down to the last cotter pin.
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"For the loss of a cotter pin," he mourned, "the young men have died."
Fiction book (1999) -
And then just everything underneath here is brand new suspension, every nut, bolt, Cotter, pin, you name it, it's new.
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Jumping jeepers, the cotter pin sheared off.
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Val eases the cotter pin from the nose of one of the bombs.
Fiction book (1990) -
I thought about drilling holes through the frames and seatposts and using bolts or cotter pins to hold the seatposts in place.
Blog text (21) -
Make sure to use a cotter pin to fasten the two parts together tightly.
Synonyms
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7.4
A metal pin with split ends that you put through a hole and bend apart to hold parts together
A small metal pin pushed through two parts to hold them together
A small round metal or wooden rod that you put into holes in two pieces to hold them together
Compounds
- Specialized
2
7.4
A metal pin with split ends that you put through a hole and bend apart to hold parts together
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the tool cotter is to think of it as a small peg that fits into a hole to hold parts together, so a cotter keeps wheels and axles from slipping or moving.