"spring pin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spring pins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spring pin (plural spring pins)
  1. In locomotives, an iron rod fitted between the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate the pressure on the axles.
    Sense id: en-spring_pin-en-noun-Ms5rHvOS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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