piston pin
noun
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Origin of piston pin
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby piston pin
pistoleer, pistolero, pistology, piston, piston engine, piston pin, piston ring, piston rod, piston slap, pistou, pisé
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Example sentences from the Web for piston pin
The overheating of the piston can also result from that of the piston-pin.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants|R. E. MathotThis piston-pin setscrew construction had become a standard arrangement in automobile practice.
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design|Leonard S. Hobbs.It is important that the bearing at the piston-pin be formed of two parts which can be adjusted to take up the wear.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants|R. E. Mathot