cotter
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The ring is attached to a light cable which jerks out two cotter pins freeing the flaps of the canvas 'chute-pack.
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
Release the cotter pin from the spindle nut, then remove the nut and washer, and the entire hub should slip off the axle.
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
The machines for using these drills are termed traverse or cotter drilling machines.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
