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drag link

  1. a link connecting cranks on parallel shafts.


drag link

  1. a link for conveying motion between cranks on parallel shafts that are slightly offset. It is used in cars to connect the steering gear to the steering arm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drag link1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

One such mechanism is the drag link.

A drag link mechanism now makes sense to me.

Figure 38.—Drag link coupling used on Boulton and Watt portable engines.

His three patents, which were for various forms of steamboat feathering paddle wheels, involved linkages kinematically similar to the drag link coupling, although it is quite unlikely that Oldham recognized the similarity.

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