"pawl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɔːl/, /pɑl/ [Canada] Forms: pawls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: 17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”). Etymology templates: {{C.|17}} 17th c., {{der|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{der|en|nl|pal||catch (mechanism)}} Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), {{der|en|fr|pal||stake}} French pal (“stake”), {{m|fr|épaule||shoulder}} épaule (“shoulder”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pawl (plural pawls)
  1. 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.
    Sense id: en-pawl-en-noun-QRCbrLFh
  2. A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
    Sense id: en-pawl-en-noun-MfX1yY79 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 56 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: detent Derived forms: pawl bitt, pawl rim Translations (pawl): палец (palec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), език (ezik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 千斤 (qiānjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), pal (Dutch), kliko (Esperanto), lukituskynsi (Finnish), cliquet [masculine] (French), Sperrklinke [feminine] (German), Klaue [feminine] (German), Klinke [feminine] (German), cricchetto (Italian), 歯止め (hadome) (alt: はどめ) (Japanese), zapadka [feminine] (Polish), соба́чка (sobáčka) [feminine] (Russian), matraca [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'pawl': 0 0

Verb [English]

IPA: /pɔːl/, /pɑl/ [Canada] Forms: pawls [present, singular, third-person], pawling [participle, present], pawled [participle, past], pawled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: 17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”). Etymology templates: {{C.|17}} 17th c., {{der|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{der|en|nl|pal||catch (mechanism)}} Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), {{der|en|fr|pal||stake}} French pal (“stake”), {{m|fr|épaule||shoulder}} épaule (“shoulder”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} pawl (third-person singular simple present pawls, present participle pawling, simple past and past participle pawled)
  1. (transitive) To stop with a pawl. Tags: transitive Derived forms: pawl the capstan
    Sense id: en-pawl-en-verb-tZ95HxsD

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      "rhymes": "-ɔːl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pall"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Paul"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pawl"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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