spur gearing

noun

a system of spur gears.
any system of gears with parallel axes of rotation.

Origin of spur gearing

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby spur gearing

spunware, spur, spur blight, spur gall, spur gear, spur gearing, spur on, spur track, spur veins, spur wheel, spur-of-the-moment

Example sentences from the Web for spur gearing

  • Spur-gearing transmitted the driving power from the crank shaft to the axle.

    Automobile Biographies |Lyman Horace Weeks

  • The motion of the crank-shafts was communicated to the separate axles of the driving-wheels by spur-gearing with two speeds.

    Automobile Biographies |Lyman Horace Weeks