ratchet wheel

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   toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever

   Broaderwheel

   Part ofratchet

Questions about ratchet wheel

What does ratchet wheel mean?

ratchet wheel means "toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever".

Is ratchet wheel a common word?

ratchet wheel 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.