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CLEVIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clevis mean? 

CLEVIS (noun)
  The noun CLEVIS has 1 sense:

1. a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.play

  Familiarity information: CLEVIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLEVIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clevis" is a kind of...):

coupler; coupling (a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects)


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