Search Result for "ratch":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction;
[syn: ratchet, rachet, ratch]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ratch \Ratch\ (r[a^]ch), n. (Zool.) Same as Rotche. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ratch \Ratch\ (r[a^]ch), n. [See Rack the instrument, Ratchet.] A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works. [1913 Webster]
