Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having a trunk or hollow piston-rod to which the connecting-rod is attached, but not having a trunk on the opposite side of the piston.
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Examples
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Huldran picked up the axe again and split a half-trunk section into quarters, then the larger quarter in half, before handing the axe back to Nylan.
Fall of Angels Modesitt, L. E. 1996
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