leaf spring

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   long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together

   Broaderspring

Questions about leaf spring

What does leaf spring mean?

leaf spring means "long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together".

Is leaf spring a common word?

leaf spring is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.