"xerclod" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of \"piece X\" read upside down. Used by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to the rec.models.rockets newsgroup FAQ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xerclods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "xerclod (plural xerclods)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Scott D. Orr, “Re: Questions about Boost Glider Boosts [Again--Someone answer, please!]”, in rec.models.rockets (Usenet):",
          "text": "There could be some side-to-side movement, because the piece the glider fuselage was cut from is actually a bit narrower than the piece the pod pylon was cut from (and I think the xerclod is a bit narrower than the fuselage, though I've built that part up with tape).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Rhhickok, “Re: Motor mount burn through”, in rec.models.rockets (Usenet):",
          "text": "Each side of the BT-60 had 2 xerclods (short lengths of 1/8\" dowels) to hang the gliders on.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Bob Kaplow, “RMR FAQ part 8.2 Free Flight Boost Gliders [long]”, in rec.models.rockets (Usenet):",
          "text": "Some sort of positive hook is needed, yet it must be designed to separate easily at ejection. Once^([sic]) common method is the \"Piece X\" or xerclod hook, where a rhombus hook is cut from the fuselage and attached to the pop pod.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A parallelogram-shaped connector in a model rocket assembly."
      ],
      "id": "en-xerclod-en-noun-QwpIioaY",
      "links": [
        [
          "parallelogram",
          "parallelogram"
        ],
        [
          "connector",
          "connector"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "rocket",
          "rocket"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A parallelogram-shaped connector in a model rocket assembly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Massachusetts Institute of Technology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xerclod"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of \"piece X\" read upside down. Used by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to the rec.models.rockets newsgroup FAQ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xerclods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "xerclod (plural xerclods)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Scott D. Orr, “Re: Questions about Boost Glider Boosts [Again--Someone answer, please!]”, in rec.models.rockets (Usenet):",
          "text": "There could be some side-to-side movement, because the piece the glider fuselage was cut from is actually a bit narrower than the piece the pod pylon was cut from (and I think the xerclod is a bit narrower than the fuselage, though I've built that part up with tape).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Rhhickok, “Re: Motor mount burn through”, in rec.models.rockets (Usenet):",
          "text": "Each side of the BT-60 had 2 xerclods (short lengths of 1/8\" dowels) to hang the gliders on.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Bob Kaplow, “RMR FAQ part 8.2 Free Flight Boost Gliders [long]”, in rec.models.rockets (Usenet):",
          "text": "Some sort of positive hook is needed, yet it must be designed to separate easily at ejection. Once^([sic]) common method is the \"Piece X\" or xerclod hook, where a rhombus hook is cut from the fuselage and attached to the pop pod.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A parallelogram-shaped connector in a model rocket assembly."
      ],
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        [
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          "parallelogram"
        ],
        [
          "connector",
          "connector"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "rocket",
          "rocket"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A parallelogram-shaped connector in a model rocket assembly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Massachusetts Institute of Technology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "xerclod"
}