driving chain

British

noun

Also called: drive chain. engineering a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another

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Frazer reports a case of rupture of liver and kidney in a boy of thirteen who was squeezed between the tire and driving chain of a mill, but who recovered despite his serious symptoms.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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