plain bearing

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.

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Etymology

Origin of plain bearing

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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plain bearing

Again they crawled forward, across the burning plain, bearing down cautiously on the battered wall of mountains, heading toward the twisted wrecks that had been the ring of defense guns.

From The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick

Then you will be about two leagues from the west point of the bay, and about eight leagues from the small island before mentioned, which you can see pretty plain bearing east-north-east a little northwardly.

From A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland by William Dampier

“Why, it turns as hard as though it were running on plain bearing that had never been oiled!” exclaimed the member who had undertaken to turn the wheel as requested.

From Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy by Kirk Munroe

The country was all plain, bearing little grass and few trees.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

The king, with his manly and plain bearing, stood out alone; you might say he was the only Gilbert Islander in Apemama.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson