plain bearing


nounMachinery.
  1. any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.

Origin of plain bearing

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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How to use plain bearing in a sentence

  • The king, with his manly and plain bearing, stood out alone; you might say he was the only Gilbert Islander in Apemama.

    In the South Seas | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Why, it turns as hard as though it were running on plain bearing that had never been oiled!

    Cab and Caboose | Kirk Munroe