starting handle

1. 1.

   crank used to start an engine

   Synonymscrank handle

   Broadercrank

Questions about starting handle

What does starting handle mean?

starting handle means "crank used to start an engine".

What is another word for starting handle?

Close synonyms include crank handle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is starting handle a common word?

starting handle 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.