stuffing box

noun Machinery.

a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.

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Also called gland.

Origin of stuffing box

First recorded in 1790–1800

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British Dictionary definitions for stuffing box

stuffing box

noun

a small chamber in which an annular packing is compressed around a reciprocating or rotating rod or shaft to form a sealAlso called: packing box
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