Definition of Swivelled

1. Verb. (British) (past of swivel) ¹

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Definition of Swivelled

1. swivel [v] - See also: swivel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swivelled

swithers
swithly
swits
switses
switzerite
swive
swived
swivel
swivel-hipped
swivel chair
swivel chairs
swivel gun
swivel pin
swiveled
swiveling
swivelled (current term)
swivelling
swivelly
swivels
swives
swivet
swivets
swiving
swiz
swizz
swizzed
swizzes
swizzing
swizzle
swizzle stick

Literary usage of Swivelled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mechanics Applied to Engineering by John Goodman (1908)
"VI Unloaded : long continuous shaft supported on short or swivelled bearings ... Loaded : shaft supported in short or swivelled bearings, single pulley of ..."

2. Aviation in Canada, 1917-1918: Being a Brief Account of the Work of the by Alan Sullivan (1919)
"1 Lewis Gun swivelled in line of flight. Speed 100 mph Climb 15000 feet in ... Nieuport Scout tractor (French) 1 Lewis Gun over top of prop, or swivelled. ..."

3. Machine Tool Operation by Henry D. Burghardt (1922)
"The greater the angle of the spiral the further the work table must be moved away from the column in order to allow the table to be swivelled the required ..."

4. The History of Wool and Woolcombing by James Burnley (1889)
"As soon as one of these straight clearing combs is sufficiently filled it is swivelled out of work, whereby the empty one is at the same time swivelled into ..."

5. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1878)
"... represent the axis of the globe on which it revolves : ihe axis being made in two parts swivelled »gether, the portion F being swivelled to the portion ..."

6. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1910)
"Here a triangular under frame is swivelled around the propeller shaft at the ... The body frame is supported over the rear springs, and swivelled to the ..."

7. Mechanics Applied to Engineering by John Goodman (1908)
"VI Unloaded : long continuous shaft supported on short or swivelled bearings ... Loaded : shaft supported in short or swivelled bearings, single pulley of ..."

8. Aviation in Canada, 1917-1918: Being a Brief Account of the Work of the by Alan Sullivan (1919)
"1 Lewis Gun swivelled in line of flight. Speed 100 mph Climb 15000 feet in ... Nieuport Scout tractor (French) 1 Lewis Gun over top of prop, or swivelled. ..."

9. Machine Tool Operation by Henry D. Burghardt (1922)
"The greater the angle of the spiral the further the work table must be moved away from the column in order to allow the table to be swivelled the required ..."

10. The History of Wool and Woolcombing by James Burnley (1889)
"As soon as one of these straight clearing combs is sufficiently filled it is swivelled out of work, whereby the empty one is at the same time swivelled into ..."

11. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1878)
"... represent the axis of the globe on which it revolves : ihe axis being made in two parts swivelled »gether, the portion F being swivelled to the portion ..."

12. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1910)
"Here a triangular under frame is swivelled around the propeller shaft at the ... The body frame is supported over the rear springs, and swivelled to the ..."

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