Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Sprag   Listen
Sprag

noun
1.
A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
2.
A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine.  Synonym: pitprop.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Sprag" Quotes from Famous Books



... just for the joy of watching you floundering 'midst deep waters. Of course, you chose the right channel. I knew you would, but it's a treat to see your elephantine struggles. For all that, it's a sheer impossibility that you should guess who put a sprag in the wheel of Hilton's chariot. Give you three ...
— The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley • Louis Tracy
... were trim and sprag, and patent, and pleased the survivors of Thames Ditton above the old mumpsimus of "Afflictions sore." ... To do justice, though, it must be owned that even the excellent feeling which dictated this dirge ...
— The Best Letters of Charles Lamb • Charles Lamb


Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com