Linchpin

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a pin placed transversely through an axle to keep a wheel in position

Linchpin

a wedge-shaped rod that fits into a hole in a part and prevents another part from shifting to one side while fastened to the first part. The shape of a linchpin prevents the pin from falling out of the hole. Linchpins were used in horse-drawn vehicles to prevent the wheels from coming off the axle. They are used for unstrained joints between parts, for example, as safety pins in hand grenades.

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No references found			(to this hour with less penitence than I ought to feel), that if these hands could have taken a linchpin out of his chaise-cart, they would have done it. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context A linchpin had fallen out, and permitted one of the wheels to slide off. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context There was the good old custom of taking the linchpins out of the farmers' and bagmen's gigs at the fairs, and a cowardly, blackguard custom it was. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context			Lin Tse-Hsü Lin Yutang Lin Zexu Lin, Chia Chiao Lin, Maya Lin, Maya Ying Lin-hsia lin-log amplifier Lin-yu Lina Shtern Lina Solomonovna Shtern linac Linaceae Linacre Linacre, Thomas Linales linaloe wood oil Linalool linalyl acetate Linards Laicens Linards Petrovich Laicens Linares Linaria linarite Linc Linchpin Linchuan Linchwan Lincoln Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln County Lincoln Ellsworth Lincoln Highway Lincoln Home National Historic Site Lincoln Homestead State Park Lincoln Memorial Lincoln National Forest Lincoln Parish Lincoln Park Lincoln Reckoner Lincoln Rock State Park Lincoln Sea Lincoln Sheep Lincoln State Park Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial Lincoln Trail State Park Lincoln University Lincoln Woods State Park Lincoln's Birthday			Linards Laicens Linards Petrovich Laicens Linares Linares Linaria Linaria Linaria canadensis Linaria vulgaris Linaria vulgaris Linarite Linarite Linas LINAT linatine LINB LiNbO3 Linc Linc LINC on NT LINCAP Lincare Holdings LINCC LINCCLOE Linch Linchi Linchpin linchpins linchpins Linchuan Linchwan LINCL LINCLOE Lincocin Lincocin Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln & Continental Owners Club Lincoln (disambiguation) Lincoln (disambiguation) Lincoln (disambiguation) Lincoln (sheep) Lincoln Administration Lincoln Administration Lincoln Adult Soccer Association Lincoln Air Force Base Lincoln Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society Lincoln and Welland Lincoln Area Agency on Aging Lincoln Area Retired Teachers Association Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts Lincoln Asthma Swimming Group Lincoln Avenue Elementary School Lincoln Beevor Band Organisation

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