cam handle

cam handle, locking handle

In a window having a sash (ventilator, 2) which swings about pivots, a handle which locks the sash in a closed position by wedging it against a keeper.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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