gudgeon pin

American

noun

British.

wrist pin.

gudgeon pin British

noun

US and Canadian name: wrist pin. the pin through the skirt of a piston in an internal-combustion engine, to which the little end of the connecting rod is attached

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Etymology

Origin of gudgeon pin

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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The gudgeon pin is hardened, ground and secured in connecting rod, and is allowed to work in piston.

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However, there’s an end of it, gudgeon pin and all.

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“We may possibly get rid of the water below, but the crosshead bearings are working loose, and I’d like to know who’s going to give me a new gudgeon pin?”

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