starting handle

American  

noun

British.

1. a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.

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Etymology

Origin of starting handle

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

She just walked to the starting handles and grabbed them - lugers use them to rock back and forth on the sled to build momentum for the start - like she’s done every time.

From Washington Times

She just walked to the starting handles and grabbed them — lugers use them to rock back and forth on the sled to build momentum for the start — like she’s done every time.

From Seattle Times

"Eh va bene", he murmured through closed lips, and leaned forward grimly for the starting handle.

From Project Gutenberg

It is used to change the reciprocating movement of the piston into a rotary motion of the flywheel; it has a starting handle at one end and the flywheel at the other, as you observe.

From Project Gutenberg

The white faces of the gauges over the starting handles stared blankly.

From Project Gutenberg