Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A recess, below the floor-line around an engine, in which the main crank and the lower end of its connecting-rod revolve.
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Examples
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Monkey's small, cunning eyes gleamed wickedly as he saw that they were close to the edge of the "crank-pit" (the space in which the crank of the shaft revolves), and he exerted all his strength to fling Austin into it.
Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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So long as she did not lift the others she would travel well, but by and by he heard a splash in the crank-pit and called to the fireman, who started the pump.
Brandon of the Engineers Harold Bindloss 1905
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The pump was soon started and they kept it going, but the water gathered in the crank-pit, where it was churned into lather, and Jake and Maccario relieved each other at helping the pump with a bucket.
Brandon of the Engineers Harold Bindloss 1905
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The second engineer -- more reckless than resourceful -- struck at random with a cold chisel into the cast-iron of the column, and a greasy, grey flake of metal flew from under the imprisoned foot of the connecting-rod, while the rod itself fell away slowly, and brought up with a thunderous clang somewhere in the dark of the crank-pit.
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Unluckily, the weapon fell muzzle downward, and the fixed bayonet dropped edgewise into the tiny crank-pit.
Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru Harry Collingwood 1886
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