Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any material used to pack or make tight the space between the perimeter of a piston-head and the interior of the cylinder or-barrel in which it moves.
- noun A mechanical device for packing pistons, in which the operation depends more upon the construction than upon the fibrous, plastic, or compressible properties of the packing-material.
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Examples
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The new pipe-condenser did not work well, the cylinder was almost useless, having been badly cast, and the old difficulty in keeping the piston-packing tight remained.
James Watt Andrew Carnegie 1877
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