speed gear
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"Till the next time," replied Cora, throwing in the second speed gear.
From The Motor Girls on a Tour by Margaret Penrose
A full roadster would have the handles a little higher relatively to the saddle, and would be provided with mud-guards, free-wheel and sometimes a gear-case and variable speed gear.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
He took the wheel and threw in the low speed gear.
From The Motor Girls by Margaret Penrose
I haven't used my high speed gear yet.
From Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
The action of the human motor is, however, so entirely different from that of a mechanical motor that it is easy, without practical experience, to over-estimate the value of a variable speed gear.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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