present participle of pawl

A surname transferred from the given name. / A town and village therein, in Dutchess County, New York, United States.

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.

(transitive) To stop with a pawl.

plural of pawl

simple past tense and past participle of pawl

A surname transferred from the given name.