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pillow block

noun

, Machinery.
  1. a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing.


pillow block

noun

  1. machinery a block that supports a journal bearing Also calledplummer block
“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 pillow block1

First recorded in 1835–45

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