The chains are secured to each end of the cast-iron arches by cotters.
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Cotter
//kɒtə//
Synonyms for "cotter" (11 found)
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17 translations across 7 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- батра́к noun (peasant)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ратай noun (peasant)
- шпонка noun (pin to hold parts together)
- щифт noun (pin to hold parts together)
Dutch
1 entries- keuterboer noun (peasant)
Finnish
4 entries- kiila noun (pin to hold parts together)
- mäkitupalainen noun (peasant)
- sokka noun (cotter pin)
- tappi noun (pin to hold parts together)
Hungarian
1 entries- sasszeg noun (cotter pin)
Russian
4 entries- батра́к noun (peasant)
- клин noun (pin to hold parts together)
- суха́рь noun (pin to hold parts together)
- чека́ noun (pin to hold parts together)
Ukrainian
1 entries- батра́к noun (peasant)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
She found Esco by the barn. He was trying to cotter a cart-wheel with a peg he had whittled from a locust branch, driving it in with a hand sledge
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The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes,— / This night his weekly moil is at an end,— / Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, […]
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