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

Connecting rods and crankshaft are of steel, the latter being machined from a solid steel forging and carried in five roller bearings and one plain bearing at the forward end.

From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles

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 Dick, Philip K.

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 Kerr, Robert

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 Dampier, William

“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 Munroe, Kirk