toggle joint

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   a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint

   Broaderjoint

Questions about toggle joint

What does toggle joint mean?

toggle joint means "a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint".

Is toggle joint a common word?

toggle joint 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.