cotter

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At Tsurumi, outside Yokohama, another cotter pin evidently sheared off the wheel housing of a southbound freight car.

From Time Magazine Archive

But before you break out the wrench and cotter pins, it helps to go over some propeller basics to find a good starting point.

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

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

If a wedge or cotter F be driven into these three holes they will tend to come into line, and the parts of the bush will be pressed together.

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