clevis
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
Definition of clevis
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.
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Etymology
First attested in the 1590s. Ultimately related to cleave. Exact origin unknown; probably derived from the verb cleave. If so, the word ultimately may stem from Scandinavian: compare Old Norse kljúfa (“to split”), Old Norse klofi (“a forked stick”).
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