journal box

American

noun

Machinery.

a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.

journal box British

noun

machinery a case enclosing or supporting a journal, often used as a means of retaining the lubricant

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Etymology

Origin of journal box

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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The main spindle at the front end works in a journal box c, that is cylindrical to fit the headstock, but double coned within to afford journal bearing to the spindle a.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

From the journal box rose a whipping column of black smoke expanding, when water was got on the hot steel, into a blinding explosion of white vapor that the storm snatched away in rolling clouds.

From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

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