Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cover or casing placed around gears to keep out dirt and grit, and also to protect the workmen from being caught by the gears and injured.
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Examples
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Air and gasoline are mixed in the accelerator carburetor gear-case 55 56
Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8 Lewis M. Terman
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The gear-case is on one side of the frame and the chain on the other, and the frame itself was a marvel of ingenuity misapplied.
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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Thus encouraged, he set to work to refix the gear-case.
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"If anything goes wrong with your gear-case, sell the machine and buy a new one; it comes cheaper."
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He then said that while he was about it he would see to the chain for me, and at once began taking off the gear-case.
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