A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into a ratchet wheel and pushes it around, or it may be used as a catch to prevent the backward motion of a windlass or the wheel on a derrick.

Sport historians have maintained that the growth of trotting was directly related to the antiracing legislation passed by several northern states […]

We had but euen pot luck, a little to moyſten our lips, and no more.

Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin.