cotter : Idioms & Phrases

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cotter pin

  • noun a cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured (after passing through a hole) by splitting the ends apart
WordNet

Gib and key, ∨ Gib and cotter

  • (Steam Engine), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.
Webster 1913