Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box-bearing which sustains the end-thrust of a shaft.
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On the other side of the crank case another casting carried the thrust-box, and the whole crank case, with its cylinders and gear, was carried on the fixed crank shaft by means of four ball-bearings, one of which also took the axial thrust of the air-screw.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
hernesheir commented on the word thrust-box
"A box-bearing which sustains the end-thrust of a shaft."
December 8, 2010