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retaining ring

British  

noun

  1. another name for circlip

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Tires might be so deeply cut into for the introduction of a retaining ring that a small wheel would be unduly weakened after a few turnings.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various

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