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• spanner — ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ a tool with a shaped opening or jaws for gripping and turning a nut or bolt. ● spanner in the works Cf. ↑spanner in the works ORIGIN from German spannen draw tight …   English terms dictionary

• spanner — noun chiefly Brit. a tool with a shaped opening or jaws for gripping and turning a nut or bolt. Phrases a spanner (or N. Amer. monkey wrench) in the works a person or thing that prevents the successful implementation of a plan. Origin C18: from… …   English new terms dictionary

• box-spanner — boxˈ spanner noun A spanner consisting of a cylindrical piece of steel shaped at one or both ends into a hexagon to fit over the appropriate nut, and turned by a rod inserted through a hole at the opposite end • • • Main Entry: ↑box …   Useful english dictionary

• box spanner — /ˈbɒks spænə/ (say boks spanuh) noun a hollow tube shaped at one or both ends to fit a nut, and turned by a bar inserted through the diameter …  

• c-spanner — A wrench whose end is shaped like a C, used to loosen the lockring on a bottom bracket of a bicycle …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Wrench — For other uses, see Wrench (disambiguation). A set of chrome vanadium metric wrenches, open at one end, box/ring at the other. This type is commonly known as a combination wrench. A wrench or spanner is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical… …   Wikipedia

• List of screw drives — Contents 1 Common types 1.1 External types 1.1.1 Square 1.1.2 Hex …   Wikipedia

• Screw — This article is about the fastener. For other uses, see Screw (disambiguation). Screws come in a variety of shapes and sizes for different purposes. U.S. quarter coin (diameter 24 mm) shown for scale. A screw, or bolt, is a type of fastener… …   Wikipedia

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• Monkey wrench — For other uses of this term, see monkey wrench (disambiguation). The monkey wrench (also known as an adjustable spanner in the UK) is an adjustable wrench, a later American development of eighteenth century English coach wrenches. It was popular… …   Wikipedia

• Wheellock — Wheellock, wheel lock or wheel lock, is a mechanism for firing a firearm. It was the next major development in firearms technology after the matchlock and the first self igniting firearm. The mechanism is so called because it uses a rotating… …   Wikipedia