taper pin

noun

a short round metal rod having a small amount of taper so that when driven into a hole it tightens on the taper so that it can act as a stop or wedge

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How to use taper pin in a sentence

A taper pin, which is raised by the extra handle allows a very fine stream of compound to be poured.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. Witte
It is composed of a central taper-pin or wedge, with two wedge-like packing pieces arranged one on each side of it.
The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out | Fred T. Hodgson
An application of a taper pin and washer to a double eye is shown in Fig. 439.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II | Joshua Rose
A taper pin that is used by boiler makers to drive through holes that do not come fair, or match properly.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II | Joshua Rose

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