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What does pawl mean?

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Noun
  1. A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To stop with a pawl.
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