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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A housing in a machine enclosing a journal and its bearings.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In machinery: The bearings about a journal.
  • noun A cast-iron box which contains a car-axle journal, together with the journal-bearing and key, and the oil-packing with which the journal is lubricated. Also called housing-box.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun metal housing for a journal bearing

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