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pawl

 (n): a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
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5 minutes ago yarb said:

...he gradually came to taking the command; ordering us when to heave and when to pawl...

- Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 14

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