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Woodruff key

American  

noun

Machinery.

  1. a key having the form of a nearly semicircular disk fitting into a recess in a shaft.

Woodruff key British  
/ ˈwʊdrʌf /

noun

  1. a semicircular key restrained in a curved keyway in a shaft

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Etymology

Origin of Woodruff key

Apparently after the proper name

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