cotter
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Serial writers ran out of hazards years ago, have been working switches on them ever since; the loose cotter pin on the stagecoach, for example, has been used an estimated 7,000 times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jaws adjust to open wide, making easy work of bending the legs of new cotter pins and loosening large nuts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cause of the accident was narrowed down to a cotter pin, which one of the mechanics at Valbuena Field had forgotten to replace after greasing the landing wheels that morning.
From Time Magazine Archive
Theirs is a world in which every boy matures to master small motors, to understand the importance of the cotter pin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes two gibs are used, one on each side of the cotter; this makes the sliding surface on both sides of the cotter the same.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low
