gear lever
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gear lever
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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There's no steering wheel, gear lever or handbrake, just a stop/go button which you could probably press with your nose.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2014
And the gear lever, usually operated by a rider's left foot, has been replaced by up and down shift buttons on the left handlebar.
From BBC • May 14, 2013
In the rain-drenchec Belgian Grand Prix, he led from start to finish while holding his loose gear lever in place with one hand, steering with the other, and trailing a 20-ft.-long rooster tail of spray.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cumbersome gear lever that protruded from the dash on the old Cords has been replaced with pneumatic shifter controlled from the steering column.
From Time Magazine Archive
He grabbed the gear lever and rammed it into low.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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