piston pin

noun

Origin of piston pin

First recorded in 1895–1900

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The overheating of the piston can also result from that of the piston-pin.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants
R. E. Mathot
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
This piston-pin setscrew construction had become a standard arrangement in automobile practice.
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design
Leonard S. Hobbs.