Gaiter (n.) A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe. |
Gaiter (n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle. |
Gaiter (v. t.) To dress with gaiters. |
Rack (n.) Same as Arrack. |
Rack (n.) The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton. |
Rack (n.) A wreck |
Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. |
Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds. |
Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body |
Rack (n.) A fast amble. |
Rack (v. t.) To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. |
Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. |
Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated |
Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow. |
Rack (a.) A grate on which bacon is laid. |
Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts. |
Rack (a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display |
Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes |
Rack (a.) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. |
Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads. |
Rack (a.) A distaff. |
Rack (a.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it. |
Rack (a.) That which is extorted |
Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force |
Rack (v. t.) To torment |
Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense |
Rack (v. t.) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore. |
Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. |
Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it |
Rack-rent (v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant. |
Rack-renter (n.) One who is subjected to paying rack-rent. |
Rack-renter (n.) One who exacts rack-rent. |
Steering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steer |
Steering () a. & n. from Steer, v. |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
rack | a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body |
steering steerage | the act of steering a ship |
steering guidance direction | the act of setting and holding a course, a new council was installed under the direction of the king |
guidance steering | the act of guiding or showing the way |
bicycle rack | a rack for parking bicycles |
bomb rack | a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs |
coatrack coat rack hatrack | a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats |
cog railway rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
congress boot congress shoe congress gaiter | an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides |
dish rack | a rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of them |
dress rack | a rack used primarily to display dresses for sale in a store |
gaiter | legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle |
gaiter | a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides |
luggage rack roof rack | carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car |
magazine rack | a rack for displaying magazines |
music stand music rack | a light stand for holding sheets of printed music |
pipe rack | a rack for holding a smoker's pipes |
plate rack | a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed |
power steering power-assisted steering | automotive steering where engineer power amplifies the torque applied to the steering wheel |
rack stand | a support for displaying various articles, the newspapers were arranged on a rack |
rack | framework for holding objects |
rack wheel | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
rack and pinion | a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack, converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa) |
ski rack | a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle |
spat gaiter | a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles |
spice rack | a rack for displaying containers filled with spices |
steering gear | a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle |
steering linkage | mechanism consisting of a system of rods and levers connected to the front wheels of a motor vehicle, the steering gear pushes it left or right which swivels the front wheels, causing the vehicle to turn |
steering system steering mechanism | a mechanism by which something is steered (especially a motor vehicle) |
steering wheel wheel | a handwheel that is used for steering |
tie rack | a rack for storing ties |
towel rack towel horse | a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels can be hung |
wrack rack | the destruction or collapse of something, wrack and ruin |
rack | rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton |
rack of lamb crown roast | a roast of the rib section of lamb |
steering committee | a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body |
rack rent | an extortionate rent |
rack | torture on the rack |
rack up | supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals) |
worst pip mop up whip rack up | defeat thoroughly, He mopped up the floor with his opponents |
score hit tally rack up | gain points in a game, The home team scored many times, He hit a home run, He hit .in the past season |
rack | seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block |
rack up | place in a rack, rack pool balls |
rack | work on a rack, rack leather |
rack | stretch to the limits, rack one's brains |
torment torture excruciate rack | torment emotionally or mentally |
rack | draw off from the lees, rack wine |
rack | fly in high wind |
scud rack | run before a gale |