rocker arm
noun Machinery.
a rocking or oscillating arm or lever rotating with a moving shaft or pivoted on a stationary shaft.
Origin of rocker arm
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby rocker arm
rockaway,
rockefeller,
rockefeller, john d.,
rockefeller, nelson,
rocker,
rocker arm,
rocker cam,
rocker panel,
rockery,
rocket,
rocket airplane
Example sentences from the Web for rocker arm
Very suddenly one of them drops out, with a rocker-arm gone.
Cavalry of the Clouds |Alan Bott
British Dictionary definitions for rocker arm
rocker arm
noun
a lever that rocks about a pivot, esp a lever in an internal-combustion engine that transmits the motion of a pushrod or cam to a valve