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rack and pinion Definition

Pinion
(n.) A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
Pinion
(n.) A feather
Pinion
(n.) A wing, literal or figurative.
Pinion
(n.) The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
Pinion
(n.) A fetter for the arm.
Pinion
(n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack)
Pinion
(v. t.) To bind or confine the wings of
Pinion
(v. t.) To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
Pinion
(v. t.) To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
Pinion
(v. t.) Hence, generally, to confine
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.

rack and pinion Bedeutung

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
pennon
pinion
wing of a bird
flight feather
pinion quill quill feather
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear
gears that mesh at an angle
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
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
lantern pinion
lantern wheel
a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks
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
pinion a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
pipe rack a rack for holding a smoker's pipes
plate rack a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed
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
spice rack a rack for displaying containers filled with spices
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
rack rent an extortionate rent
rack torture on the rack
rack up supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)
pinion cut the wings off (of birds)
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
pinion
shackle
bind the arms of
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
single-foot
rack
go at a rack, the horses single-footed
extort
squeeze rack
gouge
wring
obtain by coercion or intimidation, They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss, They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
rack put on a rack and pinion, rack a camera
off-the-rack
off-the-shelf
off-the-peg
ready-to-wear
(especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock, a ready-made jacket, ready-to-wear clothes
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