cotter

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At the Mikawa mine on southern Kyushu island, a cotter pin apparently fell out of a coupling on a string of coal cars halted on a slight incline.

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

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

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

Sketch a connecting rod end, with strap, gib, and cotter.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan